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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Approximately 5.5 million metric tons of limestone were used during its construction, and for the Great Pyramid alone, workers hauled and stacked around 6.1 million tons of limestone.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Sudanese pyramids differ in build and stature compared to the Egyptian pyramids, and are also older. For comparison, there are roughly 200 pyramids in Egypt compared to Sudan, which has about ...

Mining was one of the ingredients that established Staffordshire as an industrial force, from centuries ago to the mass closure of the pits in the 80s and 90s. The action may have happened deep ...