Tourists from Herodotus to Rita Hayworth have swarmed around the gigantic base of Pharaoh Cheops’ pyramid, which stands in the desert on the outskirts of modern Cairo. None of them, until this week, ...

A previously unidentified chamber in the Cheops pyramid of Giza has been found by an international research team. Measurements from as early as 2016 had given cause to believe that there might be a ...

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the ...

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