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Pyramids of Giza

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Mysterious 30-Foot-Long Tunnel Found Inside Giza Pyramid

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie March 5, 2023March 3, 2023

Scholars don’t know exactly how the 4,500 year-old-pyramid was built, but the new finding could offer valuable clues.

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New Research Says High Nile Water Levels Helped Build Giza Pyramids

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 20, 2022September 21, 2022

Researchers have found new evidence to support the theory that builders transported materials on a now-dried-up branch of the Nile.

Posted inIn Brief

The Untouched 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb of Mehu Opens to the Public

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 13, 2018

Untouched for nearly 4,000 years, the ornately painted tomb in Egypt’s Saqqara region, is in nearly pristine condition.

Posted inOpinion

Melania Trump’s Colonial Romp Through Egypt

Avatar photo by Deena ElGenaidi October 9, 2018October 10, 2018

In a photoshoot in front of the Egyptian pyramids, Melania Trump reminds us that fashion is political.

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Crimes of the Art

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 9, 2016February 9, 2016

On this week’s art crime blotter: an art dealer was accused of flogging forgeries, Airbnb renters stole their hosts’ Banksy print, and Egyptian authorities arrested three men for selling chunks of the Giza pyramids to tourists.

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US Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson Bizarrely Believes Egyptian Pyramids Were Grain Silos

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian November 6, 2015November 17, 2015

The Presidential race isn’t exactly a showcase of the best and brightest in US society, but Republican candidate Ben Carson hit a new intellectual low with his claim that the ancient pyramids of Egypt were used to store grain.

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Egypt Plans Skyscraper Inspired by Giza Pyramids

by Laura C. Mallonee March 4, 2015March 5, 2015

For centuries, tourists have flocked to Cairo to behold the Pyramids of Giza firsthand.

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Extreme Art Tourism at the Top of The Great Pyramids

by Kyle Chayka March 26, 2013April 1, 2013

Tourist photos are by now a centuries-old cliché, particularly in the case of those landmarks that have been photographed millions of times over. But a group of Russian photographers just found a way to spice up their shots of so cliché a subject as Egypt’s Great Pyramids — by climbing to the top of them.

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Is the World’s Largest Permanent Sculpture a Monument to Our Times?

by Stephanie Bailey November 26, 2012November 29, 2012

LONDON — What will the future think of the world when they look back on the marks we have left? Will it be with the same reverence with which we gaze on the Acropolis hill and the Parthenon that sits upon it as a symbol of civilization and democracy or something less forthcoming?

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Pyramids of Giza Reportedly Damaged

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian February 1, 2011December 11, 2011

Unreported Heritage News is quoting Dr. Gerry Scott, director of the American Research Center in Egypt, who provides an assessment of the damage sustained by a few major archeological sites in the protest-racked country. He says there is apparently damage at the Giza Pyramids and an attempt to loot the Temple at Karnak.

Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments
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Yale University Press Presents The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments

Kelly Grovier discusses his book on the history of pigments in a new podcast episode, making the case for how myths and science can enrich how we experience art.

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