If you've ever visited the Phoenix Zoo, you might have spotted the white pyramid on a nearby hill. Here's the hidden history ...

A passage leading to a sealed door Speaking at a public panel, veteran Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced that advanced scanning has revealed a roughly 30-meter-long passageway inside the Great ...

As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE. Today, well ...

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

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 ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

Part one. After the great pyramids : history and hieroglyphs -- The story up to now : a history in pyramids -- Writing changes everything -- Reviving Hardjedef? -- Part two. Making "Ancient Egypt": ...

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 ...

A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe seismic shocks. Seismologists analyzed vibrations in the various chambers of ...