The mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and engineers for centuries. While theories have ranged from massive labor forces to the use of ramps ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The Egyptian pyramids have fascinated historians, scientists, and researchers for thousands of years. Despite centuries of analysis and theory, however, our understanding of how the ancient Egyptians ...

The Pyramid of Sahura has stood on Egypt’s desert plateau for roughly forty-four centuries, its interior seemingly mapped and ...

The pyramids on the Giza plateau west of Cairo are almost certainly the prime attraction for visitors to Egypt and they may ...

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...

The speed of light, and the latitude of the ancient Egyptian Great Pyramid of Giza, are the same figure, but what does this actually mean?

The pyramid, built for Pharaoh Sneferu around 2,600 BC, was built "bent" because the ground underneath wasn't stable.

This file Aug. 19, 2011 photo shows tourists as they leave the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, about 25 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. An international heritage research group says scientists will begin ...