Do you know Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE) is celebrated as one of history’s greatest scientific minds? He was a ...
The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...
Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...
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Two decades in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum building is as intriguing as its artifacts
The Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest museum in the world for a single civilization, and holds a total of around 100,000 ...
A landmark discovery on an ancient branch of the River Nile may have solved the mystery of how the pyramids in Egypt were ...
In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...
Throughout ancient Egyptian history, taxes were very much part of daily life. Most Egyptians were farmers who owed the state both a period of labor service and a portion of their annual harvest. The ...
In a country known for the world’s oldest wonders, a new one now rises from the desert sands. More than 20 years in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened this month to great fanfare, marking a ...
The global climate crisis is forcing people to seek out alternative home-based electricity options, such as the new French ...
China has decided to go all-in on nuclear fusion and plans on flipping the energy game with its laser experiment. It could ...
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