It is one one of the most fascinating mysteries of history and engineering. How were the Egyptian pyramids built? And especially the biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The oldest Egyptian ...
Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.
It was built over 4,400 years ago to honour the Egyptian pharaoh Sahura of the Fifth Dynasty. And now scientists have discovered secret rooms inside Sahura's Pyramid that could reveal its ancient ...
Archaeologists are searching for the secrets of why the ancient Mayans chose the sites for the famed pyramids of Chichen Itza by looking underground. Mexico's Yucatan peninsula is dotted with natural ...
It’s a question which has perplexed architects, scientists and conspiracy theorists alike – how was the Great Pyramid built? One detail is now clear thanks to an ancient papyrus found in the ancient ...
Fresh scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed hidden internal voids that may line up with an unknown passageway, raising the possibility that a long-concealed entrance is ...
On the northeastern edge of the Giza Plateau, I discovered three perfectly cut shafts hidden beneath the sands. They sit in the triangle between the Great Sphinx, Khufu's Pyramid and Khafre's Pyramid, ...
CAIRO—What mysteries might still be hidden under Egypt’s pyramids? A team accompanied by Egypt’s former antiquities minister and famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass are testing a new scanner on the Great ...
“History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses.” You know the pyramids of Egypt? You can have that in your backyard.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three famous ...