The 4,600-year-old structure is thought to mark the transition between smooth and step-sided pyramids. Built for the pharaoh Sneferu, the ‘bent’ pyram… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329049/egypt-opens-unusual-bent-pyramid-to-visitors…
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Use Big Dipper to find Polaris
Draw a line through the Big Dipper pointer stars to find Polaris, Earth’s pole star. If your sky is dark, also look for a former pole star, Thuban, in the Tail of Draco the Dragon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/big-dipper-points-to-polaris-aids-in-finding-thuban-2…
King Tut Sculpture with Sketchy Origins Sells at Christie’s for Nearly $6 Million
Egypt’s ministry of antiquities thinks the statue was stolen from the Karnak Temple some time after 1970. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65871-king-tut-sculpture-sells-6-million.html
Exclusive: Controversial King Tut Statue Has Sketchy Origins. Now Christie’s Is Selling it.
A Live Science investigation reveals more about the sketchy origins of a statue that has led to a diplomatic dispute between Egypt, the U.K. and the auction house Christie’s. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65790-king-tut-statue-investigation.html
A Dragon and a former pole star
Let your eyes and imagination drift to see the entire winding shape of Draco the Dragon. Also, meet Thuban, a pole star when the Egyptians were building the pyramids. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/see-draco-the-dragon-and-a-former-pole-star…
Thuban is a former Pole Star
Thuban was the Pole Star some 5,000 years ago, when the Egyptians were building the pyramids. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/thuban-past-north-star…
Ancient Egyptians Built This 4-Towered Fortress More Than 2,600 Years Ago
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the ruins of an ancient fortress dating to the 26th Dynasty, the last dynasty in which native Egyptians ruled before the Persians conquered the country in 525 B.C. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65521-ancient-egyptian-fortress-found.html
King Tut Wore Ancient, Meteor-Blasted Yellow Glass
The sands of the western Egyptian desert melted and created tiny pieces of canary yellow glass Source: https://www.livescience.com/65503-glass-egypt-desert-meteorite-impact.html
Egypt’s exotic canary yellow glass identified
Scientists have finally determined the origins of a mysterious yellow glass found in the African desert. Prized for its deep yellow color and used in … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/327749/egypts-exotic-canary-yellow-glass-identified…
Spica is a whirling double star
Spica’s 2 stars orbit a common center of gravity in only 4 days. Their mutual gravity distorts each star into an egg shape, with the pointed ends facing each other. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/speed-on-to-spica-the-15th-brightest-star…