A remote mountain peak in Antarctica has stirred global attention thanks to its near-perfect pyramid shape. Tucked away in ...

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Roadwork uncovered a large pyramid-shaped structure dated to pre-Hispanic times in Mexico, the country's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced. The structure, described as a ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones weighing hundreds of pounds each. Early returns from excavations have already ...

Researchers of ancient Egypt discovered “five identical structures near the Khafre Pyramid’s base, linked by pathways, and eight deep vertical wells descending 648 meters underground.” Claims that ...

In 1785, a Spanish official named Don Diego Ruiz was looking for illegal tobacco plantations in the Papantla region of Mexico (then called New Spain), near the modern-day city of Veracruz, when he ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a big reason to be skeptical. A pair of researchers has claimed to find ...

Archaeologists have discovered five "puppets"—believed to have been used to perform rituals—atop a pre-Columbian Central American pyramid structure. The ceramic figurines, which date back to around ...

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