Human beings throughout history have always been attracted to and been obsessed by mountains, pyramids and obelisks. Ever since Moses climbed Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, people have ...

The Pyramids were not laid out willy-nilly on the Giza Plateau. Each side of each of the three Pyramids lines up precisely east-west or north-south. It's a bit of a mystery how the ancients achieved ...

The most enigmatic of sculptures, the Sphinx was carved from a single block of limestone left over in the quarry used to build the Pyramids. Scholars believe it was sculpted about 4,600 years ago by ...

The next time you need to raise a pharaonic obelisk, don’t bother with slaves rolling logs, long the dominant theory of how the ancient Egyptians built their architectural marvels. Just grab some ...

It’s not where you’d expect to find pyramids, obelisks, or echoes of ancient civilizations — but tucked within San Diego are surprising nods to Egypt’s grandeur. We set out to uncover the forgotten ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. There are around 30 ancient Egyptian ...