Countless archaeological missions tried finding the road that leads to the Great Pyramid of Giza but all searches ended in failure, until a local resident living near the Giza Plateau, made one of the most important discoveries in the last decade. During an illegal excavation beneath his home he discovered a tunnel leading to the Pyramid of Khufu, the largest of the three pyramids in Giza. According to the news report released by Ahram.org and Albawaba News, the discovery was made thanks to a resident, living near the pyramids, while conducting an illegal drilling 10 meters deep beneath his home. The individual fled the scene shortly after.…
Author: Ancient Code Team
The beings in ancient Egyptian tradition who might be labeled as deities are difficult to count, even though we will list here only a few of them; there are numerous other deities that have been worshiped in Egypt in ancient times. Egyptologist James P. Allen estimates that more than 1,400 deities are named in Egyptian texts. The Egyptian language’s terms for these beings were nṯr, “god”, and its feminine form nṯrt, “goddess”. The first written evidence of deities in Egypt comes from the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC). Osiris Osiris is usually identified as the god of the afterlife,…
There has been a lot of debate regarding the age of the Pyramids of Giza. before talking about the Pyramids, we focus on the ancient Egyptian civilization. According to conventional Egyptian chronology, the Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC, when upper and lower Egypt were unified under the rule of one Pharaoh. The ancient Egyptian civilization flourished thanks to their ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River valley where they developed excellent agricultural abilities. Scorpion I was the first of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period. His name may refer to the scorpion goddess Serket. How the Pyramids were built…
Pyramids are a true global phenomena. Built by ancient civilizations across the world, we can find Pyramids in every corner of our planet. These Pyramids are huge, precise and are a true masterpiece of engineering, something that constructors today would have a difficulty in replicating. But what are the worlds largest Pyramids and how do you decide? Well we decided to measure the volume of “a” Pyramid using the mathematical formula: Length of base * Width of base * Height * 1/3, and here is our top 5: 5) Bent Pyramid 1,237 million m³ Height 101.1 meters (332 ft) Base 188.6 meters (619 ft) Slope 54°27′ (lower)…
The ancient Maya civilization was without a doubt, one of the most dominant ancient societies of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya excelled at agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, calendar-making, mathematics and were one of the most impressive astronomers in the past. They were a unique and advanced ancient culture and according to studies, the Maya were centered in one geographical block covering all of the Yucatan Peninsula and modern-day Guatemala, Belize and Chiapas and Tabasco in modern day Mexico. Here are 20 facts about this incredible ancient civilization: According to the ancient Maya, the world was created on August 11, 3114BC, which is the date their…
It was in 1927, when Airlines started flying over Peru and the Nazca region that passengers reported strange lines, figures and shapes on the ground. Airplanes filled with tourists from all over the world quickly conquered the Nazca skies and hundreds of different designs were discovered in the region. These geoglyphs depict animals, intriguing geometrical designs and humanoid figures, but what is perhaps one of the most interesting things about Nazca is that these drawings are scattered over two hundred square miles. Here we bring you some 20 facts about the Nazca lines. There are over 800 straight lines, 300 geometric figures and 70 animal…
It is the largest and most famous Sphinx, situated at the Giza Plateau adjacent to the Great Pyramids of Giza on the west bank of the Nile River, it has puzzled Egyptologists and researchers for centuries. Here we bring you some facts about this mysterious construction in Egypt: The Sphinx was carved from the bedrock of the Giza plateau, a single ridge of limestone that is 73 meters long and 20 meters high. The Sphinx is considered to be one of the largest single-stone statues in the world. Researchers believe that blocks of stone weighing approximately 200 tons were quarried in the construction phase…
It was a sword that dominated the battlefield across different regions in Europe, it was a sword a thousand years ahead of its time, built by a mysterious craftsman. Even though it was used by many nations it is a Sword that was attributed to the Vikings and used from about 800 to 1100 AD, it was a masterpiece built from pure steel and wasn’t seen again in Europe for at least a thousand years. It was the Roles Royce of its time and it was used by only a few select warriors. Why these swords have the inscription of…
Located off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese between the Pavlopetri islet across the Elafonisos village and the Pounta coast, Greece, archaeologists now believe this ancient city dates back 5,000 years and is the oldest submerged archaeological town. Pavlopetri was once a thriving port that dominated the Mediterranean. It thrived for 2,000 years during the time that saw the birth of western civilization. It was discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and mapped for the first time in 1968 by a team of archaeologists from Cambridge. Researchers dated the ruins to the Mycenaean period, 1600–1100 BC but later studies showed an older occupation date starting around 2800 BC. Researchers…
The number zero is an enigmatic number,with limitless philosophical and mathematical values. When did mankind use this mathematical value for the first time? Where in the world exactly was it and which culture was the first to use the number zero? Amir Aczel and Georges Cœdès have answered the question many of us have asked for years. Many researchers believed that the zero was an Arab invention, some even proposed that it was somewhere in Europe where the number zero was first used. Some scholars trace the number Zero origins to ancient Mesopotamia where Sumerian scribes used spaces to denote absences in number columns as early as 4,000…
