A strange peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may actually be the largest pyramid ever built in the ancient world. Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped formation is cloaked ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt.

A new interdisciplinary analysis on the Step Pyramid of Djoser by a group of researchers suggests that its ancient builders may have used a hydraulic lift system. The discovery came after they ...

But as I researched the Classic Maya (250-900 C.E.) collapse for my book Apocalypse ... another pyramid is topped with an unusual array of ancient columns. The enormous stones used to build ...

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According to La República, theories about its origin range from a possible extinct volcano to a rock formation, with some suggesting it may be the remains of a pyramid built by an ancient ...

A fourth explanation — one for which there is no evidence — is that Cerro El Cono sits on the ruins of a pyramid built by ancient Indigenous tribes, according to La República. Concern that ...

Photos show the “rare” ancient Roman artifact. Photo from the City of Leuven The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.

The project aims to safeguard the substructure of the pyramid by cleaning its interior chambers, stabilizing its interior to prevent further collapse, and consolidating its previously inaccessible ...