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

Discoveries about Egypt's pyramids are not over. The most recent one concerns the Pyramid of Menkaure: an international team ...

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

Found on the coast of the Red Sea in Egypt, a stash of 4,500-year-old papyri recount the daily life of an Egyptian official responsible for transporting blocks for the Pyramid of Khufu. This ...

Just a few miles from the iconic pyramids of Giza, a lesser-known necropolis is rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient engineering. In Saqqara, archaeologists believe a nearly 5,000-year-old ...

WATG has assembled an international consortium of local and global experts to inform and guide the development of the master ...

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 ...

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