Author: Antonia Leonard

But exactly what they were for isn’t clear. Thousands of monumental structures built from walls of rock in Saudi Arabia are older than Egypt’s pyramids and the ancient stone circles of Britain, researchers say – making them perhaps the earliest ritual landscape ever identified. What pyramids are older than Egypt? […]

In 2006, Osmanagich suggested that the pyramids could have been constructed by the Illyrian civilization and might actually be 12,000 years old, making them far more ancient than those in Egypt. A decade later in 2017, Osmanagich revised his timeline and claimed the pyramids to be 34,000 years old. Are […]

Teotihuacán is believed to have been built around 100 B.C. and grew to be a powerful city with more than 100,000 inhabitants. It was abandoned a few hundred years later but you can still climb the large pyramids and walk amongst the temples and murals. Can you climb up the […]

Height: 66 meters (217 feet) If measured by volume, then the Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest pyramid in the world. Its total volume is 3.3 million cubic meters. This dwarfs that of the Great Pyramid of Giza’s. An Aztec temple, the pyramid is also called the Quetzalcóatl Pyramid […]

For all the talk about Illinois being a center of manufacturing and industry, agriculture is a major player. No other state produces as much in soybeans as Illinois. According to the state soybean association, Illinois produced 532 million bushels of the crop in 2019. Iowa was second, at 503 million […]

If you watch the evening news, you’re familiar with this accent. In Detroit, It’s the uniformed regionless style of diction associated with the white-collar middle class.Characterized by rhoticity, ‘short a’ risings and merged vowels, this mode of speaking gives one the impression of an educated, working professional. What does a […]

Radicals such as Robert Barnwell Rhett finally led South Carolina to secede from the Union in December 1860. Following suit, 10 other Southern states joined South Carolina to form the Confederate States of America (Confederacy). Was South Carolina a Confederate or Union? South Carolina became the first state to secede […]

Yes. Illinois is an “employment at-will” state, meaning that an employer or employee may terminate the relationship at any time, without any reason or cause. Is Illinois an at will employer state? Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 19th and 26th, 2021, Illinois legislatures introduced new bills that, if passed, would get […]

Many colleges boast about the plethora of activities available off-campus.14 Ways to Make the Most of Your Small College Town | Things to Do in a Small Town Volunteer in the Community. Embrace Nature. Visit an Art Gallery. Free Concerts. Outdoor Movie Screenings. Trivia Nights. Holiday Festivals. Visit the Farmers’ […]