The pyramids at Giza are usually described as the ultimate building project, millions of blocks stacked skyward by sheer human effort. A growing fringe of researchers and online theorists is now ...

Every few years, someone comes up with a new "this is how the pyramids were built" theory. In addition to aliens or long-forgotten super technologies, many theories rely on unfeasible ramps that'd ...

With Facebook owning Oculus, it should come as no surprise that the social networking giant is optimizing 360-degree video for VR experiences. Facebook engineers are now encoding videos using pyramid ...

There were 3 different applications for pyramid patterns this year at Photonics West in San Francisco; improved LED’s, improved absorbers and single quantum dot devices. This not the first time the ...

So what's so great about the Great Pyramid? Lots of stuff, like its amazing shape and dimensions. Click on the pyramid to find out more. Build a scale model of the Great Pyramid and compare it to ...

Details current archaeological work and scientific reasoning behind the decisions made about where to dig and the items found at the excavation of Giza. Discusses many popular theories of who built ...

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