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Archaeologists have discovered a massive 6th-century Indian pyramid beneath the site of a centuries old re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. Built on a hillside by the mysterious Teotihuacan culture, the pyramid was abandoned almost 1,000 years before Catholics began re-enacting t...

Ancient Mayans made pyramids to make music for rain god Researchers have discovered that many pyramids in Mexico were created by the ancient Mayans to create "raindrop" music to communicate with their rain god. Take for example, Mexico's El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza. As visitor...

Akapana pyramid 'renovated' with adobe Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco. Now, the Akapana pyramid risks losing its designation as a...

Robots are set to probe the narrow shafts of the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4 500-year-old structure. This week, Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist, will inspect a robot designed to climb the two narrow shafts which might lead to an undiscovered chamber in the pyramid of [b...

Egypt announced Sunday the discovery of a carving dating back to the 12th century BC which could hold the key to valuable information on Karnak Temple, the largest ancient religious site in the world. According to an Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) statement, the stone carving was...

Exterior walls on a "painted pyramid" buried for centuries in the Mexican jungle have revealed a series of unusual Maya wall murals, complete with hieroglyphic captions, providing archaeologists with a priceless look at day-to-day life in the Mayan empire during 620 to 700 AD. The mur...

The remnants of at least ten pyramids have been discovered on the coast of Peru, marking what could be a vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture, archaeologists say. In January construction crews working in the province of Piura discovered several truncated pyramids and a large a...

Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb held a man aged around 50, who was buried with jade collars, pyrite and obsidian artifacts and ceram...

Google Earth satellite imagery survey may have revealed two possible pyramid complexes in Egypt. Satellite archaeology researcher Angela Micol of Maiden, N.C said that the complexes were located about 90 miles apart, and contained unusual grouping of mounds with intriguing features and orien...

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Pyramid Teotihuacan Pyramid ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	15	15804	Sep 30 09:42 2016 by Blobrana
Archaeologists have discovered a massive 6th-century Indian pyramid beneath the site of a centuries old re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. Built on a hillside by the mysterious Teotihuacan culture, the pyramid was abandoned almost 1,000 years before Catholics began re-enacting t...
Pyramid Mayans pyramids (Preview)	Off Topic	2	2653	Jan 28 09:11 2010 by Blobrana
Ancient Mayans made pyramids to make music for rain god Researchers have discovered that many pyramids in Mexico were created by the ancient Mayans to create "raindrop" music to communicate with their rain god. Take for example, Mexico's El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza. As visitor...
Pyramid Akapana pyramid (Preview)	Off Topic	0	1391	Oct 21 01:29 2009 by Blobrana
Akapana pyramid 'renovated' with adobe Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco. Now, the Akapana pyramid risks losing its designation as a...
Archaeology Egyptian Pyramid Great Pyramid ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	General news	24	14610	Nov 10 08:36 2015 by Blobrana
Robots are set to probe the narrow shafts of the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4 500-year-old structure. This week, Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist, will inspect a robot designed to climb the two narrow shafts which might lead to an undiscovered chamber in the pyramid of [b...
Archaeology Egyptian Pyramid Egyptian Archaeology ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 13 ) (Preview)	Off Topic	127	36569	Nov 24 19:04 2016 by Blobrana
Egypt announced Sunday the discovery of a carving dating back to the 12th century BC which could hold the key to valuable information on Karnak Temple, the largest ancient religious site in the world. According to an Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) statement, the stone carving was...
Pyramid Calakmul (Preview)	General news	1	2040	Jul 9 21:17 2014 by Blobrana
Exterior walls on a "painted pyramid" buried for centuries in the Mexican jungle have revealed a series of unusual Maya wall murals, complete with hieroglyphic captions, providing archaeologists with a priceless look at day-to-day life in the Mayan empire during 620 to 700 AD. The mur...
Pyramid Piura pyramids (Preview)	Off Topic	0	1481	Feb 24 11:07 2008 by Blobrana
The remnants of at least ten pyramids have been discovered on the coast of Peru, marking what could be a vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture, archaeologists say. In January construction crews working in the province of Piura discovered several truncated pyramids and a large a...
Pyramid Olmec Mesoamerican pyramid (Preview)	Off Topic	0	1542	May 18 18:15 2010 by Blobrana
Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb held a man aged around 50, who was buried with jade collars, pyrite and obsidian artifacts and ceram...
Archaeology Egyptian Pyramid Egyptian Pyramids (Preview)	Off Topic	0	1812	Aug 11 20:46 2012 by Blobrana
Google Earth satellite imagery survey may have revealed two possible pyramid complexes in Egypt. Satellite archaeology researcher Angela Micol of Maiden, N.C said that the complexes were located about 90 miles apart, and contained unusual grouping of mounds with intriguing features and orien...