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 ...

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 ...

Ponzi and pyramid schemes both take advantage of unsuspecting individuals by promising extraordinary returns in exchange for their money. With Ponzi schemes, investors give money to a portfolio ...

Spendthrift Farm's super-sire Into Mischief continues his reign atop the General Sires list for 2025, tying a record set by Bold Ruler.

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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 ...

A team of researchers has teamed up with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities for a project called "Scan Pyramids" which will use methods such as infrared thermography to scan and map the pyramids of ...

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