The pyramids at Giza are usually described as the ultimate building project, millions of blocks stacked skyward by sheer ...

Every few years, someone comes up with a new "this is how the pyramids were built" theory. In addition to aliens or long-forgotten super technologies, many theories rely on unfeasible ramps that'd ...

A new, non-peer-reviewed report argues that Egypt’s Great Pyramid may be far older than the familiar Old Kingdom timeline, proposing an age in the order of tens of thousands of years. The claim hinges ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza might get all the headlines, but it wasn't humanity’s first monumental effort. Long before pharaohs were stacking limestone in Egypt, people across the world were carving ...

Looking at erosion on the pyramid, the study suggests that it may have been built around 22,916 BCE. But you shouldn't ...

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

The pyramid was first discovered by a British archaeologist in 1889. Cairo, Egypt -- A roughly 4,000-year-old mud-brick Egyptian pyramid is opening to the public for the first time this week, ...

After decades of planning and construction, Egypt has officially inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in a spectacular ceremony attended by world leaders, royals, and dignitaries. Located near ...

Kirsty Masterman discovers a wealth of history – and Cairo’s famous street food – in the Egyptian capital.