A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

Mexico's Temple of Quetzalcoatl, or the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, in the ancient city of Teotihuacan is believed to have been built between 1,800 and 1,900 years ago. The mysterious structure is ...

Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at the Step Pyramid of Djoser, with a research team concluding its architecture matched that of a "hydraulic ...

Janet Jarman In the fall of 2003, a heavy rainstorm swept through the ruins of Teotihuacán, the pyramid-studded ... the veneration of a Quetzalcoatl-like plumed serpent; the frequent occurrence ...

Rising through a clearing in the jungle of the Yucatán, a monumental Maya pyramid appears to touch the sky in Catherwood’s illustration of the Pyramid of Kulkulcán. Although parts of the structure are ...

When the pyramid was first built, it stood 75 feet tall, making it taller than ancient Egypt's Sphinx of Giza. It is part of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, dedicated to Quetzalcoatl ...

In 2015, archaeologist Sergio Gómez found shimmering pools of toxic liquid mercury hidden in a sealed tunnel beneath the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, igniting wild theories worldwide. Beside the ...

It was built to honour the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, sitting at the top of a hill. A Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary also sits at the very top of the complex. The pyramid took six to ...