Japan-based IGArchitects has designed a concrete house in Okinawa, Japan for a married couple. Built on a narrow site surrounded by apartments and a cemetery, the residence is named Pyramid Hut after ...

After being over the moon at the discovery, Egyptologists were left in complete shock after opening a lost pyramid for the very first time. Located in the Dahshur, it is an Ancient Egyptian royal ...

Built around 2500 B.C.E., the 200-foot-tall structure was dedicated to the pharaoh of the same name who ruled during ancient Egypt’s fourth dynasty. Unlike most other pyramids in Egypt ...

An ancient pyramid in Europe is fascinating but lesser known than those in Egypt, and much younger. The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the ...

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial tombs for the most important people in their society, the pharaohs. Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in ...

Of all the examples of pyramids in Egypt, the most famous is certainly the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one still surviving, and for ...

However, Egypt is home to many lesser-known pyramids, too. In Ancient Egypt, pyramids tended to be built as tombs for kings and their consorts. The first Egyptian pyramid ever built is thought to be ...

Mexico’s Maya and Aztec pyramids deserve a spot high on your travel list. These were once holy spaces for ancient civilizations, and each offers a moment of complete awe and a rare look into history.

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Great Pyramid of Giza, purportedly designed by Hemiunu. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0 The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is the largest pyramid in the entire world. It is clearly one of the ...