In 2016 the remains of a fascinating pyramid-shaped monument were discovered in the windswept and largely deserted Karaganda region of central Kazakhstan. This five-layered stepped structure was ...

The mysterious rulers of Nubia, in present-day Sudan, erected hundreds of tombs and temples that rival Cairo’s. A “haboob” (sandstorm) rolls across the Meroë pyramids in Sudan. Most of the 41 tombs ...