Bobsleigh, skeleton and luge are three sled-based winter sport disciplines featuring at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. The events all involve athletes hurtling down narrow ice tracks at ...

For more than a century, Egyptologists have dated the Great Pyramid to around 2580 BC, about 4,600 years ago. A controversial new study now claims the monument could be tens of thousands of years ...

A preliminary study, based on a new method for dating ancient structures, suggests that the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza could be tens of thousands of years older than what traditional Egyptology ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza—the largest of Egypt’s pyramids—consists of about 2.3 million limestone blocks. The smallest of these weigh two tons, while the largest weigh over 60. History says laborers ...

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, ...

President Donald Trump’s massive legislation package, which includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, heads to the White House for signature after House Republicans won a near party-line vote ...

The researchers who claimed to have found a vast underground city beneath Egypt’s Great Pyramids doubled down on the wild theory Tuesday by saying they’ve found a second “hidden city.” Italian and ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Archaeologists have ...

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 ...

If you’ve visited a buzzy bar in any major city in the last 15 years, you’ve probably encountered craft cocktails made with tequila or mezcal. At the very least, you’ve likely sipped a Margarita or ...

Egypt’s tourism sector is booming but just like in some parts of Europe and Asia – it’s starting to feel the pinch of overcrowding. In 2024 alone, it welcomed nearly 17.5 million tourists and with the ...