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A heated debate has erupted among Egyptologists after researchers claimed to have found an “underground city” beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Is the discovery, based on radar images, groundbreaking or exaggerated?

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Scientists recently announced that they’d discovered a massive underground city underneath the pyramids in Egypt. They claim it’s ten times larger than the pyramids themselves. The post 90 Artefacts From The Ancient Past That You Might Not Have Heard of Before first appeared on Bored Panda.

At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid tombs.

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These are the world’s oldest landmarks still standing, relics that defy the erosion of millennia. From the enigmatic pillars of a Turkish hilltop, carved before cities existed, to the sunlit chambers of Ireland and the towering tombs of Egypt’s pharaohs, each structure is a fingerprint of a lost era.

Officials say Egypt has introduced a new proposal to try and get the Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on track

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ever unearthed it.

The pioneering food writer and historian talks of her fear of running out of words – even as she is writing her 22nd book

Laila Soueif says she intends to resume protest next week unless progress made on release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

The ancient Egyptian tomb holds the remains of a man with a gold ring bearing the name of Ramesses III.