Scientists are investigating whether the funerary architecture of these tombs served as the foundation for the development of Egypt's pyramids.

Two 5,000-year-old tombs uncovered at Jabal al-Tayr in Egypt’s Minya Governorate are being studied for what they may show ...

Explore the inside of Egypt’s Red Pyramid as we descend through a narrow shaft, uncover its unusual acoustic chambers, and ...

Pakistan, July 17 -- Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two unique 5,000-year-old tombs at the historic Jabal al-Tayr ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities An excavation in central Egypt has brought to light burials from several ...

Pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure built their massive tombs to last. For more than 4,000 years, the Pyramids of Giza ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

The pyramids of Egypt are so iconic that it's easy to forget they had to be invented. Somebody, at some point, had to figure out how to build increasingly ambitious stone structures and that process ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Sudan's Atbai Desert reveals 260 ancient stone tombs dating back to the 4th and 3rd millennia ...