Ukrainian photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy travels the world in search of spectacular images including idyllic scenes of Icelandic waterfalls, ancient mountain cities in Jordan, and the collision of history and modernity in Nepal. Last April, he teamed up with the Ministry of Tourism in Egypt to shoot one of the most photographed landmarks on Earth: the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Not satisfied with recreating perspectives found on postcards and Instagram feeds, Ladanivskyy instead used a drone to shoot the 4,600-year-old structure squarely from above at different altitudes. More
“The grave of the pyramid builders was discovered by a tourist in 1990”. Workers with specialist skills lived nearby, while migrant labourers worked month long shifts.
Sphinx & Pyramids of Chefren and Mankaura, Giza – Photograph via NYPL Digital Gallery The New York Public Library has shared an incredible gallery of over 9,000 photographs …
Archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered a step pyramid that predates the Great Pyramid of Giza by at least a few decades.
Sphinx & Pyramids of Chefren and Mankaura, Giza – Photograph via NYPL Digital Gallery The New York Public Library has shared an incredible gallery of over 9,000 photographs …
Over the centuries researchers have wondered what the significance is to the layout of the Pyramids at Giza. Could they mimic the stars above or possibly hold a secret code hidden within their design?
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Sphinx & Pyramids of Chefren and Mankaura, Giza – Photograph via NYPL Digital Gallery The New York Public Library has shared an incredible gallery of over 9,000 photographs …
Discover the 8 Oldest Pyramids in the World here. Prepare to be transported into a rich & fascinating history on the oldest pyramids that exist.
Sphinx & Pyramids of Chefren and Mankaura, Giza – Photograph via NYPL Digital Gallery The New York Public Library has shared an incredible gallery of over 9,000 photographs …
As I showed in my previous post on Cymatics, the ancient Egyptians clearly had incredibly advanced knowledge of nature, science, magnetism, and astronomy (among many other things). I recommend read…
A 3,800-year-old pyramid found with a block bearing the name of pharaoh Ameny Qemau has been discovered at the site of Dahshur in Egypt.
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A question that has always raised conspiracy theories, the construction of the Egyptian Pyramids was not that complicated. The fact that the construction of the Egyptian pyramids is difficult to explain becomes a plate full of conspiracy theories. At the time of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza (2,560 BC), the ancient Egyptians …
Ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world from around 3100 B.C. to its conquest in 332 B.C.
In Egypt, in the middle of 2013, I was on a very important job: the Giza Pyramids investigation through mathematical proportional applications. I focused all my attention on the three mysterious and majestic pyramids, without exception.
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Old Kingdom pharaohs faced a reckoning thatreshaped Egypt’s balance of power
