A recent study conducted by Xavier Landreau and other researchers has presented an innovative theory about the construction of the first Egyptian pyramid, the Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, proposing the use of a hydraulic system as a key tool in the construction process. The article, uploaded by its authors to Research Gate, is based […]
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Researchers Discover Why Egypt’s Pyramids Were Built Along the Now-Vanished Ahramat Branch of the Nile
The vast fields of pyramids in Egypt are concentrated along a narrow desert strip, yet until now, no convincing explanation has been given for why these pyramids are grouped in this specific location. In a recent study, researchers used radar satellite images, geophysical data, and deep soil surveys to investigate the subsurface structure and sedimentology […]
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Archaeologists Confirm the Tetelictic Pyramid in Mexico was a Solar Observatory for Tracking the Agricultural Cycle
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History conducted excavations in the so-called Great Plaza of the Tetelictic archaeological site, as its inhabitants referred to the sacred enclosure, in the municipality of Teteles de Ávila Castillo in Puebla, Mexico, with the aim of consolidating the three main structures found in it. These structures, which […]
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The Northernmost Pyramid in Egypt Was also the Tallest, and Today it Lies in Ruins
About eight kilometers northwest of Giza, near the village of Abu Roash, one can see the ruins of an ancient structure. This is the Pyramid of Djedefre, sometimes called the fourth pyramid of Giza despite its distance from the famous structures of Cairo. It has the distinction of being one of the three northernmost pyramids, […]
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Linant Pasha, the Engineer who Saved the Giza Pyramids from Dismantling
“Soldiers! From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us“, Napoleon’s famous rallying cry to his troops before the battle in which he defeated the Mamelukes was almost reduced to a mere testament of a fading memory just four decades later when the Ottoman governor of Egypt suggested using the stones from these monuments as […]
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The Lepsius List, the First Inventory of Egyptian Pyramids, was Compiled by a Prussian Archaeologist in 1846
How many pyramids are there in Egypt? Most people only know the three at Giza, built by the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. Some also recall the stepped pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara and, perhaps, Sneferu’s bent pyramid in Dashur. However, there are many more, ranging from the Red Pyramid, also in Dashur, to the […]
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New Evidence Suggests the Gunung Padang Pyramid in Indonesia Could be the Oldest in the World
Gunung Padang, located in the Cianjur district, West Java province, Indonesia, has been the subject of comprehensive archaeological, geological, and geophysical studies in recent years. This site, whose name means “mountain of enlightenment” in the local language, has historically been used for religious rituals. The initial archaeological studies were conducted in the 1980s by the […]
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3,400-year-old Pyramid Built in the Bronze Age Uncovered in Kazakhstan
Excavation work at the Karajartas mausoleum, situated on a dominant hill overlooking the left bank of the Taldy River in the Shet district of the Karaganda province in Kazakhstan, was carried out by the Sari Arka Archaeological Committee of the University of Karaganda, totaling four excavation campaigns. Recently, Dr. Aibar Kassenali from the National Museum […]
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Belzoni, the pioneer of Egyptology who unearthed the temples of Abu Simbel and opened an entrance to the pyramid of Khafre
The beginnings of archaeology in general and Egyptology in particular, beyond the curiosity that the ruins unleashed in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, came between the late eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century, being vertebrated by a number of names that are almost familiar to fans. We have mentioned some of […]
