This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt at ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

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Last March, a group of Italian scientists made headlines when they revealed the discovery of an extensive underground complex extending nearly 3,500 feet beneath Egypt's Giza Plateau, linking chambers ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

A team of Italian researchers stunned the globe last March when they announced the finding of a massive underground network stretching nearly 3,500 feet beneath Egypt's Giza Plateau, connecting ...

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A majestic row of five circular pyramids known as yácatas dominates a promontory overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro in the western Mexican state of Michoacán. Embodying the former might of the Purépecha ...