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7 Surprising Facts About the Egyptian Pyramids

The Egyptian pyramids are one of the greatest architectural achievements of the ancient world. As an incredible feat of engineering, Egyptologists are still discovering more about these structures with each passing year. The Giza pyramid complex has drawn visitors from around the world since the days of the Grand Tour and children around the world who study the mysteries of ancient Egypt can’t help but associate the pyramids with the grand pharaohs of yesteryear. Still shrouded in mystery, the pyramids don’t reveal their secrets easily. But over time, scholars have come to learn many surprising facts about ancient Egypt through

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10 Facts About Mount Rushmore

1. Four faced structure Mount Rushmore is also known as the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and is a huge sculpture that was carved into the granite surface of a large igneous rock located at the Black Hills region of South Dakota in the United States. It was sculpted by father and son, Gutzon and Lincoln Borglum. These are some interesting facts about the carved faces. The faces carved on Mount Rushmore signify four men who shaped the history of America. These men are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. There was confusion about whose face should be

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History of Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has been the home of the British Royal Family since 1837. The Palace is one of the UK’s most iconic buildings, most visited tourist attractions and has one of the most famous balconies in the world. Who built Buckingham Palace? Before the palace, the area of land on which it is situated was a plantation of mulberries used to rear silkworms for James Ist. In 1628 Charles 1st gave the land to Lord Aston and records show that a large house already existed that had various owners. Eventually, this house and property were bought by John Sheffield (later

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Facts About Uluru / Ayers Rock

Estimated to be about 600 million years old, Ayers Rock is now officially called Uluru, its Aboriginal name. It was named Ayers Rock by William Gosse in 1873 after Sir Henry Ayers, who was the Chief Secretary of South Australia at the time. It has been home to Aboriginal people for at least 20,000 years. Its indigenous owners, the Anangu, believed that they are the direct descendants of those who created the features in the surrounding desert landscape and the living things that reside there. They regard themselves as the ones who are completely responsible for the protection and maintenance

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Interesting Facts About Mount Everest

Mount Everest, perhaps mother nature’s crown jewel, is the tallest mountain in the world (above sea level), standing at an impressive 29,092ft in the Eastern region of the Himalayas. The mountain was formed over 60 million years ago by colliding tectonic plates and for some, it is a life-long goal to stand on the top of a mountain that was once believed to be unclimbable. Mount Everest is rising 4mm every year, that’s 40cm each century due to the tectonic plate movements continuing to force the Himalayas up. While there is only one summit, there is actually 7,000 peaks on

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