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Long before the pyramids or Stonehenge, Australia's Aboriginal peoples thrived across the continent. Their sophisticated knowledge of astronomy, land management, and art challenges common perceptions ...
The structures were communal tombs built by the Funnelbeaker culture, offering new understanding of Neolithic Europe.
In one case, an Italian astronomer has proposed that a dramatic total solar eclipse triggered a religious crisis in ancient Egypt and led the last pharaoh of the 4th dynasty to abandon the pyramid ...
Experience the unforgettable 2027 Egypt total solar eclipse with a 12-night Nile cruise and exclusive tours of ancient temples, pyramids, and historic sites.
Stelliferous at the Bishop is a monthly evening program every fourth Wednesday of the month in The Planetarium.
The astronomy tower, made "with five level blocks of limestone," was part of the Buto Temple, a larger complex uncovered in Kafr Sheikh -- an area about 2½ hours north of the great pyramids of Giza.
The pyramid of Menkaure, the second pharaoh after Khufu, errs by about 13 arcminutes in the other direction, whereas the three earlier pyramids of Snofru, Khufu's predecessor, are oriented more ...
The 5,000-year-old tomb was once thought to be the preserve of high society but new research suggests that's not the case.