How the ancient wonder was built is one of Egypt's biggest mysteries. But archaeologists do have insight into who built them—and what they hold inside.
The world creates more than 2.6 trillion pounds ( 1.2 trillion kg ) of trash each year . That's about what 182 Great Pyramids of Egypt would weigh . Americans make up only 5 percent of the world's population but create 25 percent of...
In southwestern Ethiopia, a mystery nearly a quarter of a million years in the making has been solved.Homo sapienremains found near the Omo river, dubbed “Omo 1,” were originally found in the 1960s. Scientists struggled for years to establish a date for these remains, but in 2005 they ...
There was meaning associated with the color selected, the knot used, the fiber chosen. There are even those that speculate it may have been a writing system. Interestingly, the 3000 inhabitants of this one particular city Caral, appear to have left. You may be asking why. Well, here’s ...
On the Costa Maya, the ruins of Chacchoben consist of three pyramids and other impressive structures. You can even see red paint still on some of the walls. At Kohunlich, there are the remnants of a royal palace, a ball court and some extraordinary Maya masks. Much of nearby Dzibanche...
Textiles were woven or spun by hand up to the turn of the 20th century. Throughout the majority of Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, two major types of looms dominated textile production from prehistory until the early Middle Ages. They are the two-beam loom and the warp-weighted...
10, Yancheng East Road, Guangling District, Yangzhou City Geyuan Garden was built in the Qing Dynasty on the site of the former Shouzhi Garden of the Ming Dynasty. At the time, the garden was planted with bamboo. Because the bamboo leaves were shaped like the Chinese character for “Ge”...
The Khufu ship is a fully intact ancient Egyptian ship that was discovered in the Giza pyramid complex near the Great Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu. It is...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
Coming to a Landfill Near You Shipping trash across state lines salves one problem , but it causes another. The farther we have to move the trash , the more expensive it becomes .Take New York City For years , that citys garbage...
For the longest time (we’re talking millennia here), we had the Seven Wonders of the World. There was just one problem for the demanding 21st century travel set. Except for the ever durable Great Pyramids of Egypt, the rest were nothing more than distant memories from a hazy history....