For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

Each formation by Proba curves towards the horizon in a sequence of soft, continuous gestures: a portal, an abstracted Eye of Horus (an ancient Egyptian symbol), a shallow concave plane. Carved from ...

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Built around 2510 BC and standing nearly 200 feet tall, Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the famous Giza complex. It was built to serve as the tomb of the King ...

As part of the ScanPyramids project, researchers used non-destructive imaging techniques. Archaeologists have discovered two hidden voids inside the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza, Egypt, potentially ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza opens after 20 years of delays on November 4 The museum houses around 100,000 artefacts across 24,000 square metres of space An 11-metre statue of Ramses II ...

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The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

A new study aims to answer the centuries-old question of how the Great Pyramids were built thousands of years ago, and its findings have provided an unexpected possible answer: water. Though deserts ...

The Neolithic Age may be something of a misnomer, falsely offering stone rather than perishable wood as the period’s primary building material, but its monumental architectures sure make a compelling ...

Ground-penetrating radar has helped archeologists identify buried wonders below the surface. Now, a study from Japanese and Egyptian researchers reveals the discovery of an L-shaped structure along ...

A video capturing a traveler's surprise upon discovering that the Pyramids of Giza are located right next to a bustling city street, rather than in the heart of the desert, has gone viral on TikTok.