However, World War 1 and Mr Barasanti's death in 1917 meant that for decades, hardly anyone knew of its existence, as the ...

Is it possible that a vacant stretch of sand near the Great Pyramid has one of Egypt’s most fascinating secrets? New surveys ...

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The large relief was taken from the necropolis of Saqqara’s tomb of Old Kingdom royal vizier Khentika, which had been inscribed with a curse.

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The tomb of Amenhotep II is an example of the fully developed New Kingdom style. A sequence of descending stairways and ...

In the heart of California’s Central Valley sits a bargain hunter’s paradise where Andrew Jackson and a couple of Hamiltons can transform your empty car into a treasure chest on wheels. Cherry Avenue ...

The ice cream itself is made in small batches with a richness that makes store-bought varieties taste like frozen water by comparison. It’s dense, creamy, and intensely flavored—the kind of ice cream ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

The pyramids of the middle of the third millennium in Egypt (the Old Kingdom), built as tombs for the kings of the period, were oriented to the cardinal points with extraordinary precision. The most ...

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