The Pyramids at Giza in Egypt represent one of the most astounding wonders of the ancient world. Due to the complexity required to build them, and the limited amount of modern machinery available at the time, the pyramids and their construction have been considered a mystery in that the modern...

Although the cultures of the ancient Near East provided the world with civilization, the Greeks instituted structure and definitions that place them as the founders of Western Civilization. The Greeks innovation and thought processes went in a multitude of directions. Nearly all the foundations of our modern arts, sciences and...