Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt. Built around 2650 B.C., it's considered Egypt's oldest pyramid and was built at a time when the Nile became "tame" enough ...

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: ...

The Giza Pyramids, built to endure an eternity, have done just that. The monumental tombs are relics of Egypt's Old Kingdom era and were constructed some 4,500 years ago. Egypt's pharaohs expected ...

More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests.

More than 100 pyramids were constructed between 4700 and 3500 years ago as grand tombs for Egypt’s pharaohs. Thirty-one of these, including the pyramids of Dahshur, Giza and Saqqara, are dotted ...

Experts looked at the landscape around the pyramid as well as the tunnels and interior of the structure and say they have found evidence that the ancient Egyptians might have used a water-based ...

The third-largest pyramid in Egypt, it was built around 2,600 BC for Pharaoh Snefru. Nowadays, this iconic 105 m-high ...

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 ...

How many ancient Egyptian pyramids are still standing, especially if you count smaller, private pyramids? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...