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 ...

Discover the world’s oldest buildings, from Egypt’s Great Pyramid to India’s Sanchi Stupa, showcasing ancient engineering, cultural heritage, and timeless architectural brilliance that endures.

For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up to 4,800 years ago – right when the first pyramids were being built ...

Ancient buildings offer clues to early human life. The Cairn of Barnenez in France dates back to 4850 BCE. Tumulus of Bougon, ...