Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins unveiled new dietary guidelines for Americans on Wednesday, including a new food pyramid that might look a ...

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A Pittsburgh dance studio, fluorescent-lit with cameras always rolling. This is the setting of Nia Sioux’s debut memoir, “Bottom of the Pyramid,” an earnest attempt to reconcile with her experiences ...

It wasn't until her junior year of college that Nia Sioux realized she was ready. Then a student at UCLA, she was in Los Angeles with her mom, Holly Frazier. She remembers looking at her and saying, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of ...

The Khufu Pyramid, also known as the Great Pyramid, is the largest and arguably most famous of the three pyramids at Giza. New research, however, has shed intriguing light on the secrets of its ...

Researchers from Cairo and Munich uncovered “air-filled voids” beneath Menkaure pyramid’s eastern face, suggesting a long-suspected hidden entrance. Using electrical resistivity tomography, radar, and ...

Two hidden voids have been discovered within one of the pyramids of Giza, in Egypt—potentially shining light on an enduring mystery about the existence of a lost entrance to the giant tomb. The ...

I recently read a book to my 4½-year-old daughter that I immediately took out of her room and decided never to read again. That children’s book reminded me of an assignment I once had at the ...

When Nick Watkins was a child, he pasted articles about space exploration into scrapbooks and drew annotated diagrams of rockets. He knew this because, years later, he still had the scrapbooks, and ...