News Stories relating to "pyramid"

A massive 29 foot tall wall has been uncovered in Jerusalem that engineers do not believe could be built today, even with modern equipment. The 3,700 year old wall has amazed archaeologists because of its huge size and great length, and it is probable that it is even longer than has so far been discovered.

CNN.com quotes archaeologist...

Around a year ago, we reported on the discovery that two ancient pyramids may exist in Europe, but there was also some speculation that they may have been a hoax.Limited excavation of the sites has already been done by volunteers, who have discovered a paved roadway, tunnel entrances and large stone building blocks that may have been man-made....

In 1974, farmers digging wells in China discovered a vast army of over 8,000 life-sized terracotta figures, mostly soldiers, buried with the body of the first Emporer around 200 BC. Now it's been discovered that they were guarding more than an emperor's body?they were guarding a vast treasure.

Karla Adam writes in the Independent that...

Archeologists have found a new way to locate hidden rooms inside ancient pyramids. In Teotihuacan, Mexico, they've built a particle detector inside a pyramid to detect muons, which are tiny particles that are created when cosmic rays hit the Earth's atmosphere. They travel near the speed of light and pass through solid objects, leaving tiny...

A robot video camera sent to investigate a mysterious, blocked door in Egypt?s Great Pyramid of Giza has found yet another door. With audiences in the U.K. watching on live television, the miniature robot crawled 71 yards up a narrow tunnel to explore a mysterious shaft blocked by a limestone door. It drilled a hole in the door and inserted a...