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Is the Sphinx older than we thought?

What is the Dream Steele story? The dream Steele is a stone at the feet of the Sphinx from Giza placed by the Pharaoh Thutmose the fourth. Its story is simple: Menkheperure, an Egyptian prince, had a dream about the Sphinx before becoming Pharaoh.

Fayum Portraits of Ancient Egyptians. Amazing facts

While the ancient Egyptians held strong their beliefs in afterlife for millennia , their burial habits evolved from using mastabas, then pyramids then to the Valley of the Kings’ tombs and during the first to third centuries AD they used necropolises with mummies painted portraits on wood covering their faces.

Who was Ötzi the Iceman? Amazing facts

Who was Ötzi the Iceman? Ötzi, also called the Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC and was discovered in September 1991 in the Ötztal Alps by two tourists.

The Great Pyramid geometry amazing coincidences part 2

What if I told you that the great pyramid has embedded in its geometry many fundamental and universal constant numbers such as the pi number PHI (phi = φ) number, the Euler number, or even the speed of light?

Unpacking the Hype around Copán archeological site

Copan is an archeological site of the Maya civilization. Discovered in 1570, the Maya site of Copan is one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization. The site functioned as the political, civil, and religious center of the Copan Valley.

Mystery of the Younger Lady mummy

One of the most enigmatic Egyptian mummies is KV-35YL or the Younger Lady. DNA tests established she was the mother of Tutankhamun.

The Great Pyramid geometry coincidences

What if I told you that the Great Pyramid has amazing measurement coincidences?

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The Weird Story Behind Maria Reiche and Nazca Lines

Why was Maria Reiche obsessed with Nazca Lines?

What if I told you that in the 1940s a German woman dedicated her entire life sweeping meter by meter the Nazca lines.

You Won’t Believe the Ingá Stone Mystery

The Ingá Stone is a rock near the Ingá River in northeast Brazil which includes symbols and glyphs thought to have been produced by the pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the region.