The Egyptian pyramids have fascinated historians, scientists, and researchers for thousands of years. Despite centuries of analysis and theory, however, our understanding of how the ancient Egyptians ...

The sheer scale, symmetrical construction, and eternal steadfastness of King Khufu’s Pyramid on the Giza Plateau were the first things to capture the imagination of travelers—from the Greeks and ...

For more than a millennia, Egyptian pharaohs had pyramids constructed and often were buried beneath or within the massive monuments. Egyptian pharaohs constructed pyramids between the time of King ...

Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries. Here’s what archaeologists know. The Pyramids of Giza rise behind Egypt’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. No cameras were around thousands of years ago when the ancient Egyptians built the three pyramids ...

Late summer in Egypt, around 2525 B.C., and the Nile is flooding. To a worker named Merrer, the deluge means it is time to bring stone to the site of Pharaoh Khufu's pyramid. The journey from the ...