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11 stunning aerial photos that will change the way you see the world

The website The Daily Overview has captured some of the most stunning aerial photos of the world using satellite imagery.  Here's a bird's eye view of the pyramids in Egypt and a glimpse of the...

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Scientists say they’re 90% sure they’ve found a hidden chamber in King Tut's...

Scientists think they've discovered a hidden tomb behind King Tutankhamun's burial chamber. Since some aspects of the chamber point to a Queen's burial ground, and historians believe King Tut to be...

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No one is visiting Egypt's pyramids — and hundreds of millions in tourism...

Egypt's tourism industry has been decimated by years of political unrest and a recent increase in fears of terrorism. One government official said the country is losing hundreds of millions of dollars...

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How much it would cost to 3D print the Death Star and other real and...

British printing retailer TonerGiant decided to look into how much it would cost, and how long it would take, to recreate some famous landmarks using just a 3D printer.  Needless to say, this is no...

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Researchers say King Tut had a dagger made from space rock

Researchers have discovered that one of the treasures buried with King Tutankhamun – his beautiful dagger – was actually made from iron unique to meteorites from space. Produced by Arielle Berger and...

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Something is off about one of Egypt's oldest and largest pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built for an Egyptian Pharaoh some 4,500 years ago, has been called a wonder of the ancient world. Standing 455 feet tall with a 756-foot-wide base, it is the...

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Archaeologists just found a new pyramid that's even older than some in Egypt

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have recently uncovered a pyramid-shaped mausoleum that's over 3,000-years-old, making it older than some - but not all - of Egypt’s pyramids. The remarkable discovery was...

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How much it would cost to 3D print the Death Star and other real and...

British printing retailer TonerGiant decided to look into how much it would cost, and how long it would take, to recreate some famous landmarks using just a 3D printer.  Needless to say, this is no...

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The world’s largest pyramid is not in Egypt

When we think of Egypt, its great pyramids often come to mind. But, it turns out, that world's largest pyramid is nowhere near Egypt.  And it's actually ridiculously hard to find if you don't know...

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is hiding a huge unexplored space — and scientists...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest and oldest in Egypt, was built for the Pharoah Khufu around 2560 BC. Researchers spent two years studying the pyramid using muons — high-speed particles created...

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The world's largest pyramid is not in Egypt

Go to Puebla, Mexico and look for a giant hill with a church on top. What you’re seeing is no ordinary hill. It’s actually the world’s largest pyramid. No one knows who constructed it 2,300 years ago...

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One of the largest pyramids in the world is a Bass Pro Shops that was rumored...

One of the largest pyramids in the world is a Bass Pro Shops megastore in Memphis, Tennessee.  The pyramid also hosts a hotel, indoor swamp, and bowling alley.  However, for roughly a decade, the...

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Authorities in Egypt are investigating a photo that appears to show a Danish...

A Danish photographer appears to have had sex with a woman on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. He posted a video showing the pair appearing to scale the pyramid as well as a photo of the supposed sex...

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The oldest pyramid in the world could be hidden in an Indonesian mountain,...

Researchers in Indonesia believe there's a series of channels and chambers belonging to a 10,000-year-old pyramid buried underneath Gunung Padang in West Java. They believe Gunung Padang's layers of...

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I visited the Pyramids of Giza and found a surprising downside that no one...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing, which was acknowledged when the New Seven Wonders of the World were introduced in 2007. I recently...

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I visited the Great Pyramid of Giza, and while it's as incredible as you'd...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing, which was acknowledged when the new seven wonders of the world were introduced in 2007. I recently...

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Egypt's Great Pyramid was originally white and not golden yellow as a new...

A new documentary by historian Bettany Hughes revealed that Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza was originally white. Hughes cited the information from a 4,500-year-old journal kept by a man named Merer....

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Egypt is opening up its 4,600-year-old 'bent' pyramid and letting people go...

Egypt opened one of its ancient pyramids to visitors, who can now walk through its tunnels and into its chambers. The "bent" pyramid has a very different appearance to Egypt's most famous pyramids —...

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THEN AND NOW: 7 tourist attractions that stopped being popular in the 2010s

A number of tourist destinations saw their popularity decrease in the past 10 years.Reasons for their drop-off can include economic woes, disasters, and political conflict.Visit Insider's homepage for...

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A YouTube star said he spent 5 days in jail after climbing the Great Pyramid...

Popular YouTube star Vitaly Zdorovetskiy said he was arrested and spent five days in jail after climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Zdorovetskiy posted an Instagram photo of what appeared to...

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