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World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off coast of Turkey

Early Bronze Age vessel was likely built around the same time as the Great Pyramid of Giza

The Independent UK · Oct 14

The Great Pyramid was not built by slaves. Instead, it was built by paid workers who drank beer, ate meat, received medical care and were buried with honour

Modern archaeology says that pyramid builders were not slaves but a respected workforce. These workers lived in a dedicated town and received good food and medical care. Their diet included meat, bread, and beer, ensuring strength for their labour. Burial in tombs near the pyramids honoured their significant contribution to…

The Times of India · Jul 27

How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the pyramid’s outer casing stones. Yet the main body remained essentially intact.

The Conversation · May 21

Cosmic Rays Reveal A Hidden Corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza

Astrophysicists and archaeologists teamed up to make the discovery using particles emitted by an ancient supernova

Inverse · Mar 3, 2023

Egypt hails 30ft hidden corridor found inside Great Pyramid of Giza

Thirty-foot space found inside last surviving wonder of the ancient world

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Egypt Unveils Newly Discovered Chamber Inside Great Pyramid

Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago. The corridor — on the northern side of the Pyramid of Khufu — was discovered using modern scanning technology, The…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2023

A scan discovers a sealed, 30-foot-long hallway inside a Giza pyramid

The corridor is perched above the ancient wonder's main entrance, authorities said. The function of the chamber is unknown, although such corridors often lead to further archaeological discoveries.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

'Wiltshire feels mystical from quirky attractions to a cosy thatched cottage stay'

Wiltshire has everything from Avebury stone circle and the The mysteriously man made, Great Pyramid rivalling Silbury Hill, to the equally as inexplicable, 35 mile long Wansdyke Earthwork

Daily Mirror · Feb 9, 2023

Hidden voids in Great Pyramid of Giza could be secret chambers of pharaoh's tomb

An ultra-powerful scan has uncovered two hidden voids inside the Great Pyramid of Giza which could be a secret tomb, with the largest of the two stretching nearly 100ft long

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2022