In 1785, a Spanish official named Don Diego Ruiz was looking for illegal tobacco plantations in the Papantla region of Mexico (then called New Spain), near the modern-day city of Veracruz, when he ...
Map of the Saqqara plateau showing the watercourse from the Gisr el-Mudir dam to the water treatment facility near Djoser pyramid. The water is then transferred to the pyramid’s network of pipes ...
The year’s most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost composition by Mozart and a medieval chess piece Fascinating finds unveiled ...
A declassified CIA document reveals that 40 years ago, a subject used astral projection to explore Mars around one million years BC. The subject reported seeing pyramids, large roads, and tall ...
When I first learned of the Skylight Calendar, I thought it as a family tool. After all, these kinds of devices that aggregate calendars and to-do lists, like the Hearth Display, generally ...
The space, currently masked by a construction gate at the front of a half-abandoned townhouse, unfolds in layers. First, it’s warm. A glowing red vestibule just large enough for about four ...
The food pyramid has long been a source of fluctuating guidance around how the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest the American public eat. You remember the food pyramid right?
Ascending the staircase, illuminated by a striking pyramid skylight, you will find three additional spacious bedrooms. Two feature charming Juliette balconies, while the third enjoys the ambiance of a ...
The officials say it could have been created to redistribute the pyramid's weight around the entrance or another as yet undiscovered chamber. It was first detected in 2016 using an imaging ...
Lanterns are better at channelling light than a flat skylight, and work well in garden and loft extensions. Thanks to their architectural pyramid shape, they can make a room feel bigger by adding ...