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 ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt at ...

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Ground-penetrating radar has helped archeologists identify buried wonders below the surface. Now, a study from Japanese and Egyptian researchers reveals the discovery of an L-shaped structure along ...

It is the story between Ricardo, a man trapped in a routine, and his teenage love, a nonconformist and adventurous woman who will take him out of his realistic framework.

A 3D shape with all straight edges and flat faces is a polyhedron. Other 3D shapes with least one curved surface are not polyhedra. A 3D shape with regular polygonal faces, meeting at equal angles, is ...

Bricking up the school entrance, filling the headteacher's office with balls and pinching a lifeboat are just some of the cheeky antics of a school's naughty elves. Since 2019, elf toys have been ...

Every year throughout the history of college football, there are many that aspire to win but there is only one winner. In the majority of cases, players and teams are willing to accept that within the ...

A team of Italian scientists took the world by storm last March when they announced the discovery of a colossal underground complex plunging nearly 3,500 feet beneath Egypt's Giza Plateau and linking ...

Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them. The pyramids of Giza are among the oldest monumental stone buildings ever created, and ...

A team of Italian researchers stunned the globe last March when they announced the finding of a massive underground network stretching nearly 3,500 feet beneath Egypt's Giza Plateau, connecting ...

A team of Italian scientists stunned the world last March when they announced the discovery of a vast underground complex stretching nearly 3,500 feet beneath Egypt’s Giza Plateau, connecting chambers ...