Chichén Itzá, Mexico — At the spring and fall equinoxes, the setting sun casts serpent-like shadows along the northern stairs of El Castillo, or “the castle.” Built more than a thousand years ago by ...

During Egypt’s pyramid age, a well-connected man named Wahtye died and was laid to rest in the vast royal cemetery that now occupies the desert west of modern Cairo. His colorfully decorated tomb, ...

Archaeologists working in a tunnel beneath Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Sun have unearthed two caches of artifacts that may have been meant to consecrate the massive building's construction around a.d ...

Ponzi and pyramid schemes both take advantage of unsuspecting individuals by promising extraordinary returns in exchange for their money. With Ponzi schemes, investors give money to a portfolio ...

A majestic row of five circular pyramids known as yácatas dominates a promontory overlooking Lake Pátzcuaro in the western Mexican state of Michoacán. Embodying the former might of the Purépecha ...

TIOBE Index for January 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent January’s TIOBE Index begins the year with familiar names still setting the pace, but the underlying ...

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