https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/stonehenge-what-the-stones-actually-tell-us 2026-10-01T20:28:16+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-stonehenge-hero.jpg?v=1786908225 Stonehenge: What the Stones Actually Tell Us Stonehenge in its landscape. Photo: TobyEditor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/gobekli-tepe-the-temple-that-rewrote-the-textbooks 2026-10-01T20:29:07+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-gobekli-hero.jpg?v=1786908228 Göbekli Tepe: The Temple That Rewrote the Textbooks The excavated enclosures of Gobekli Tepe. Photo: Rolf Cosar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/great-pyramid-of-giza-real-numbers 2026-10-01T20:29:53+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-giza-all-pyramids.jpg?v=1786906890 The Great Pyramid of Giza: Real Numbers, Honestly Tested All three Giza pyramids in one view. Photo: Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/great-sphinx-water-erosion-debate 2026-10-01T20:30:35+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-sphinx-hero.jpg?v=1786908230 The Great Sphinx: The Water Erosion Debate, Both Sides The Sphinx with the Great Pyramid behind. Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/petra-treasury-never-held-treasure 2026-10-01T20:31:20+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-petra-hero.jpg?v=1786908233 Petra: The Treasury That Never Held Treasure Ad Deir, the Monastery at Petra. Photo: Jorge Lascar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/machu-picchu-was-never-lost 2026-10-01T20:31:51+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-machu-picchu-hero.jpg?v=1786908235 Machu Picchu Was Never Lost Machu Picchu on its ridge. Photo: Martin St-Amant, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/chichen-itza-pyramid-that-still-performs 2026-10-01T20:32:31+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-chichen-hero.jpg?v=1786908237 Chichen Itza: The Pyramid That Still Performs Chichen Itza panorama. Photo: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/angkor-wat-nine-centuries 2026-10-01T20:33:08+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-angkor-hero.jpg?v=1786908240 Angkor Wat: Nine Centuries Without Abandonment Angkor Wat at dawn. Photo: Radek Kucharski, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/pompeii-city-frozen-mid-sentence 2026-10-01T20:33:47+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-pompeii-hero.jpg?v=1786908242 Pompeii: The City Frozen Mid-Sentence The ruins of Pompeii. Photo: Gary Todd, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/terracotta-army-eight-thousand-faces 2026-10-01T20:34:30+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-terracotta-hero.jpg?v=1786908245 The Terracotta Army: Eight Thousand Faces, No Two Alike The Terracotta Army in Pit 1. Photo: Gary Lee Todd, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/babylon-gate-real-gardens-may-not-be 2026-10-01T20:27:34+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-babylon-hero.jpg?v=1786908248 Babylon: The Gate Is Real, the Gardens May Not Be A reconstructed street in Babylon. Photo: Osama Sarm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/teotihuacan-metropolis-no-name 2026-10-01T20:28:14+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-teotihuacan-hero.jpg?v=1786908250 Teotihuacan: The Metropolis With No Name on the Door The Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan. Photo: Polimerek, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/ahu-tongariki-statues-that-walked 2026-09-27T00:05:04+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-tongariki-hero.jpg?v=1786908252 Ahu Tongariki: The Statues That Walked The moai of Ahu Tongariki. Photo: Mbmerino, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/tikal-skyline-above-canopy 2026-10-01T20:28:51+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-tikal-hero_18a9f15d-7767-46b6-965b-0ef06f84df3a.jpg?v=1786908372 Tikal: The Skyline Above the Canopy Temples above the canopy at Tikal. Photo: Laslovarga, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/newgrange-older-than-the-pyramids-precise-as-a-clock 2026-10-01T20:29:30+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-newgrange-hero_4920839d-a449-4532-923e-38d37bd5d62c.jpg?v=1786908374 Newgrange: Older Than the Pyramids, Precise as a Clock The mound of Newgrange. Photo: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/karnak-the-largest-religious-building-project-in-history 2026-10-01T20:30:12+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-karnak-hero_4bf698ac-34e6-4f08-a296-094cd9d16b23.jpg?v=1786908376 Karnak: The Largest Religious Building Project in History The temple complex at Karnak. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/delphi-the-navel-of-the-world-and-a-number-we-distrust 2026-10-01T20:30:52+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-delphi-hero_a90da700-8465-4156-86fa-e3cd8baff17d.jpg?v=1786908377 Delphi: The Navel of the World, by Declaration The tholos below the sanctuary at Delphi. Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/knossos-europes-first-city-and-the-labyrinth-problem 2026-10-01T20:31:31+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-knossos-hero_1ef161c3-0398-4f4a-9a27-6979396cdc7f.jpg?v=1786908379 Knossos: Europe's First City and the Labyrinth Problem The palace complex at Knossos. Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/borobudur-the-one-line-our-engines-actually-found 2026-09-27T00:05:04+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-borobudur-hero_772b1f30-ad0f-494a-8e22-7b512eae6db6.jpg?v=1786908381 Borobudur: A Real Alignment, and the Gap in Our Own Map Borobudur at sunrise. Photo: Justine Hong, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/baalbek-the-largest-stones-ever-moved 2026-10-01T20:32:13+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-baalbek-hero_ac9025ba-27c8-4f87-ba53-2b848e0d4194.jpg?v=1786908382 Baalbek: The Largest Stones Ever Moved The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek. Photo: Lodo27, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/persepolis-the-city-alexander-burned 2026-09-27T00:05:32+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-persepolis-hero_092b1d18-2a49-4a0d-bcf6-a8cbcc96fd0d.jpg?v=1786908384 Persepolis: The City Alexander Burned The terrace at Persepolis. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/the-acropolis-mathematics-you-can-stand-on 2026-10-01T20:32:58+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-acropolis-hero_2e10ce65-aa9d-447a-8d5d-b8be9df741c1.jpg?v=1786908386 The Acropolis: Mathematics You Can Stand On The Acropolis of Athens from the east. Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/the-nazca-lines-drawings-meant-to-be-walked 2026-09-27T00:05:32+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-nazca-hero_e9921a4e-9049-40ff-a914-88a09148a36a.jpg?v=1786908387 The Nazca Lines: Drawings Meant to Be Walked The Nazca plain from the mirador. Photo: Martin St-Amant, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/palenque-the-tomb-under-the-temple 2026-10-01T20:35:41+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-palenque-hero_7b1f4ce2-f57a-4aae-b25f-07d8762c54dd.jpg?v=1786908389 Palenque: The Tomb Under the Temple Palenque from the palace tower. Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/abu-simbel-the-temple-that-moved-uphill 2026-09-27T00:05:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-abu-simbel-hero_6d46aad6-7ab2-4697-8d29-ec4f98306f4b.jpg?v=1786908391 Abu Simbel: The Temple That Moved Uphill The temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/saqqara-where-the-pyramid-was-invented 2026-10-01T20:27:37+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-saqqara-hero_f4931642-e268-4cdb-8a77-bc7890ed1fa3.jpg?v=1786908557 Saqqara: Where the Pyramid Was Invented The portico at the Step Pyramid complex, Saqqara. Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/sacsayhuaman-stones-fitted-like-soft-clay 2026-10-01T20:28:18+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-sacsayhuaman-hero2.jpg?v=1786908800 Sacsayhuaman: Stones Fitted Like Soft Clay The walls of Sacsayhuaman above Cusco. Photo: Laslovarga, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/tiwanaku-the-city-at-the-top-of-the-world 2026-10-01T20:29:02+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-tiwanaku-hero_7b4f7ef4-9594-456e-88cf-588bccd5f9ae.jpg?v=1786908560 Tiwanaku: The City at the Top of the World The Gate of the Sun at Tiwanaku. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/carnac-three-thousand-stones-in-rows 2026-10-01T20:29:39+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-carnac-hero_b60aadcb-f912-48fc-9563-be4a8059338f.jpg?v=1786908561 Carnac: Three Thousand Stones in Rows The stone alignments at Carnac. Photo: Le Passant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/skara-brae-the-village-under-the-sand 2026-10-01T20:30:17+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-skara-brae-hero_c03ed067-0a78-4d86-8618-4a65eb882fb2.jpg?v=1786908563 Skara Brae: The Village Under the Sand Skara Brae above the Bay of Skaill. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/ring-of-brodgar-the-perfect-circle-of-orkney 2026-10-01T20:30:51+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-brodgar-hero_e7454c81-da25-4ba5-9e75-f0e7a5831994.jpg?v=1786908565 Ring of Brodgar: The Perfect Circle of Orkney The Ring of Brodgar from the northwest. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/callanish-the-stones-that-watch-the-moon 2026-10-01T20:31:25+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-callanish-hero_ed1ef3f9-0e68-4f12-bd65-e5c70a0c4c3e.jpg?v=1786908566 Callanish: The Stones That Watch the Moon The standing stones at Callanish. Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/sigiriya-the-palace-on-top-of-a-volcanos-throat 2026-10-01T20:32:05+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-sigiriya-hero_1ff43958-06da-4558-8c30-46e3e5d34386.jpg?v=1786908568 Sigiriya: The Palace on Top of a Volcano's Throat Sigiriya seen from Pidurangala. Photo: Gayomiw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/ellora-the-temple-carved-downward 2026-09-27T00:06:03+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-ellora-hero_c835f9c5-c3a1-45ae-8254-5620aaee320b.jpg?v=1786908569 Ellora: The Temple Carved Downward Cave 21 at Ellora. Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/lalibela-eleven-churches-carved-straight-down 2026-09-27T00:06:03+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-lalibela-hero_e5c15fa3-45ee-4906-9962-d15b1daa88bc.jpg?v=1786908571 Lalibela: Eleven Churches, Carved Straight Down Rock-hewn churches at Lalibela. Photo: Radoslaw Botev, CC BY 3.0 PL, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/great-zimbabwe-the-city-they-said-africans-could-not-have-built 2026-09-27T00:06:03+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-great-zimbabwe-hero_5b1cbec7-6973-4e2f-be6b-5c4ec99f5bef.jpg?v=1786908573 Great Zimbabwe: The City They Said Africans Could Not Have Built A wall of the Great Zimbabwe ruins. Photo: Aart Rietveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/mount-nemrut-a-kings-ego-at-2-100-metres 2026-10-01T20:32:48+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-nemrut-hero_5d28e61b-96a6-42b1-aaf6-a8765059e59a.jpg?v=1786908574 Mount Nemrut: A King's Ego at 2,100 Metres The statue terrace on Mount Nemrut. Photo: Mr Hicks46, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/catalhoyuk-nine-thousand-years-ago-a-town-with-no-streets 2026-10-01T20:27:38+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-catalhoyuk-hero_43654c0b-279c-4616-b9a7-f374704bf7a9.jpg?v=1786908576 Catalhoyuk: Nine Thousand Years Ago, a Town With No Streets The excavation mound at Catalhoyuk. Photo: Murat Ozsoy 1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/chaco-canyon-cardinal-walls-and-a-dagger-of-light 2026-10-01T20:28:23+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-chaco-hero_bedbd822-662e-4618-afc0-c095449dad14.png?v=1786908756 Chaco Canyon: Cardinal Walls and a Dagger of Light Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon. Photo: JacobCarr06, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/the-ziggurat-of-ur-climbing-toward-the-moon-god 2026-10-01T20:29:00+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-ziggurat-hero_d808581b-b049-484e-ad5e-b33b27fdfb15.jpg?v=1786908757 The Ziggurat of Ur: Climbing Toward the Moon God The Ziggurat of Ur. Photo: Alli Khalil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/meroe-the-country-with-more-pyramids-than-egypt 2026-09-27T00:06:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-meroe-hero_b5235680-42b1-4105-b381-7dd90a27424a.jpg?v=1786908759 Meroe: The Country With More Pyramids Than Egypt The pyramids of Meroe at sunrise. Photo: Valerian Guillot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/mohenjo-daro-the-city-that-invented-plumbing 2026-09-27T00:06:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-mohenjo-daro-hero_6f9bc4c6-4e3e-4888-b308-8bc0dd8466d5.jpg?v=1786908760 Mohenjo-daro: The City That Invented Plumbing The stupa mound at Mohenjo-daro. Photo: Saqib Qayyum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/ggantija-older-than-the-wheel-built-by-giants 2026-10-01T20:29:38+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-ggantija-hero_9facdc71-8277-4711-b97c-8ac2f105dbce.jpg?v=1786908762 Ggantija: Older Than the Wheel, Built by 'Giants' The Ggantija temples on Gozo. Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/antequera-the-dolmen-that-looks-at-a-face 2026-10-01T20:30:18+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-antequera-hero_45aa1f9d-28c5-472b-8028-0886c8ed9783.jpg?v=1786908764 Antequera: The Dolmen That Looks at a Face The Dolmen de Menga at Antequera. Photo: Andrzej Otrebski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/nan-madol-the-venice-nobody-can-explain-cheaply 2026-09-27T00:06:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-nan-madol-hero_d5210b84-6fc0-4d3c-9808-fc5568341fc8.jpg?v=1786908778 Nan Madol: The Venice Nobody Can Explain Cheaply The basalt walls of Nan Madol. Photo: Uhooep, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/yonaguni-monument-or-rock-the-case-for-reading-carefully 2026-09-27T00:06:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-yonaguni-hero_c91b3670-1cc8-46b3-b33a-9f200ba9c7b6.jpg?v=1786908780 Yonaguni: Monument or Rock? The Case for Reading Carefully Divers at the Yonaguni Monument. Photo: Melkov, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/karahunj-armenias-stones-and-the-telescope-that-wasnt 2026-10-01T20:30:56+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-karahunj-hero_038bcada-08a2-4b58-9ff1-d086edc274be.jpg?v=1786908782 Karahunj: Armenia's Stones and the Telescope That Wasn't The stones of Karahunj in Armenia. Photo: Gardmanahay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/arkaim-the-bronze-age-ring-on-the-steppe-and-our-nearest-miss 2026-10-01T20:31:36+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-arkaim-hero_6dfebccc-b50e-4bb1-83a7-8b86f3e93f9a.jpg?v=1786908783 Arkaim: The Bronze Age Ring on the Steppe, and Our Nearest Miss The Arkaim site on the southern Urals steppe. Photo: Brungild, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/caral-a-city-older-than-the-pyramids-without-a-single-wall-of-war 2026-10-01T20:32:16+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-caral-hero_51c0ad4c-7b2d-4f29-832f-89d45b273947.jpg?v=1786908785 Caral: A City Older Than the Pyramids, Without a Single Wall of War The sacred city of Caral in the Supe valley. Photo: Paulo JC Nogueira, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://pyramason.com/blogs/journal/goseck-the-oldest-solar-observatory-we-can-prove 2026-10-01T20:32:52+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0853/8701/8573/articles/blog-goseck-hero_967cba51-9073-40d0-b38a-fcf600376628.jpg?v=1786908787 Goseck: The Oldest Solar Observatory We Can Prove The reconstructed Goseck circle from outside. Photo: Bautsch, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons