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While excavating the first Egyptian pyramid ever built, archaeologists found sealed coffin. When they opened it, they discovered a 52-foot papyrus.

Few discoveries stop Egyptologists in their tracks, but this one did. During a routine excavation near Djoser’s Step Pyramid, ...

The Pyramids of Egypt

History: The Egyptian Pyramids are the oldest and only surviving member of the ancient wonders.
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'World’s oldest pyramid' built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...
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The Mystery of Bosnia’s Ancient Pyramids

Not just any pyramid, but what Osmanagich calls the Pyramid of the Moon, the world's largest—and oldest—step pyramid. Looming above the opposite side of town is the so-called Pyramid of the Sun—also ...