Still, if he’s right, Egypt’s Great Pyramid may not just be a wonder of the ancient world — it could be the last surviving monument of biblical paradise.

"The sacred mount, where the tree of life is said to reside, can only be the Great Pyramid of Giza." "In ancient cultures ... after such a long period of service, might have ceased to fulfill ...

Constructed over a period of 2,000 years ... Many of these sections have eroded over the centuries; the Great Legacy of an Ancient Time Wall as we know it largely dates from the Ming dynasty ...

Though few have heard of the ancient queen, nearly everyone has heard of her grandson, Alexander the Great. "This is the only appropriate location that we have determined may be the ancient city ...

Following notes written by an English traveler in the early 19th century and two French pilots in the 1950s, Pierre Tallet made a stunning discovery: a set of 30 caves honeycombed into limestone ...

The temple was dedicated to the great ruler Pakal ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo de las Pinturas has remarkably well-preserved murals still ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great thinkers ... the invading Persian army. This period is known by historians as ...

Three hundred people died in Kamakura, the ancient capital, when a 20-foot-high wave washed over the town. “The tidal wave swept out a great section ... an end to a period of optimism symbolized ...

now called the Great Pyramid, was commissioned by Pharaoh Khufu as a tomb for his entry to the afterlife and completed around 2550 B.C. The pyramid is also one of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

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