The Pyramid of Cestius
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2022
Although we associate pyramids with Ancient Egypt, these four-sided structures with a tapering top are found all over the world, built by ma...
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Giuseppe Ferlini: The Pyramid Destroyer
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 5, 2021
If there is something that characterizes archeology, it is the care, the almost exquisite touch that is given to the sites and that makes a ...
The Balmoral Pyramid
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2020
Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Vic...
The Forgotten Nubian Pyramids of Meroe
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2017
About 200 km northeast of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in a valley known as Nubia, lies the remains of three ancient Kushite kingdoms. He...
The Pyramid of Austerlitz
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2016
At the highest point of the Utrecht Ridge, in the Dutch village of Woudenberg, stands Europe’s only pyramid. The 36-meter-tall earthen hill ...
The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2015
The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur is located approximately 40 kilometers south of Cairo. It is one of the unusual pyramids of ancient Egypt, but u...
The Ames Pyramid: A Monument to The Forgotten Brothers
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2015
Standing utterly alone in the windswept plateau of Albany County, Wyoming, a couple of miles off Interstate 80 and accessible only by a dirt...
The Memphis Pyramid
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 23, 2015
Ever since the city of Memphis, in the southwestern corner of the US state of Tennessee, was named after the ancient Egyptian capital that s...
