Dr. Scheuring's study suggests the Great Pyramid used pulley and counterweight systems for construction The pyramid contains 2.3 million limestone bricks weighing between 2 to 60 tons each ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

Imagine, for a brief moment, that you are a student athlete playing on a Division 1 volleyball team. As part of your regular season, your team is competing against Cal State Long Beach on its home ...

Borrowing money to pay for college is common, but so is struggling to pay it back. Around 30% of American adults took out student loans to pay for higher education, according to the Federal Reserve, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — If a tsunami is coming to Hawaii, do you know what kind of alert to watch for? In Hawai‘i, there are four different tsunami alerts. Each one means something different and knowing ...

The Neolithic Age may be something of a misnomer, falsely offering stone rather than perishable wood as the period’s primary building material, but its monumental architectures sure make a compelling ...

Many people confuse shame and guilt, and it is useful to know the difference between the two. The first reason is that shame often masks anger and vice versa. Some chronically angry and raging people ...

Have you ever found yourself standing in the grocery store, reading a food label, and wondering, “Wait, what’s the difference between sugar versus carbs?” With so many nutrition terms being thrown ...

If you thought movies based on books that change things made people upset, wait until you see what happens when a beloved animated movie gets the live-action adaptation treatment. Older movies can ...

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

When a sprain occurs, you have overstretched, twisted, or damaged a ligament, usually from a sudden event (i.e. twisting your ankle while running). Ligaments are bands of tissues that connect the ...

For decades, one of the world's most iconic heritage sites has suffered from mismanagement, aggressive touts, and inconsistent regulation—tarnishing Egypt's image and frustrating millions of visitors.