For some 4,600 years, the sheer size of the Great Pyramid of Giza helped it survive conflicts and threats. But how the ...

Whoever built it for the protection of a deified pharaoh must have taken advanced physics into account.

How ancient builders raised the mighty pyramids still captures the curiosity of historians and scientists. Despite decades of digging, high-tech scanning, and countless theories, the puzzle remains: ...

A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe ...

Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, ...

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 ...

Archaeologists unearthed a set of ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture, remains of a Roman ...

Scientists finally decode how Great Pyramid of Giza withstood earthquakes for thousands of years - Hard limestone rock used to build the pyramid is reducing its risk of damage, scientists suspect ...

Egyptologists agree that the laborers who worked on Giza's pyramids received rations that included beer. However, the exact amount of beer is not as securely established as social media posts about ...

A video of a stray dog scaling one of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt has gone viral on the internet. What began as a surprising sight for paragliders flying over the 4,500 year-old Pyramid of Khafre, ...

Man lived roughly 4,500-4,800 years ago in pharaonic Egypt His remains were placed in ceramic vessel in rock-cut tomb Obtaining DNA from ancient Egyptian remains has been hard July 2 (Reuters) - DNA ...