(CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the ...

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 ...

A secret doorway inside an ancient Egyptian pyramid is believed to have been discovered by a scientist, over 4,500 years on from when it was originally built. The Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...

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 ...

"Landreau et al. estimate that Egyptian builders could have captured between 4 million and 54 cubic meters of water over the two or three decades it took to complete the Step Pyramid." "Landreau et al ...

A landmark discovery on an ancient branch of the River Nile may have solved the mystery of how the pyramids in Egypt were ...

Lucina Melesio explores how physicists are mapping the internal structures of ancient pyramids in Mexico and Central America using muons – potentially revealing hidden chambers that could finally lead ...