An excavation at Saqqara revealed a sarcophagus dating to the Ramesside period inside a pyramid constructed many centuries earlier. The discovery provides evidence that ancient Egyptian monuments ...

Ancient 4,500-year-old Egyptian pyramid could be home to a secret doorway ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Khufu pyramid, is among the most famous wonders of the ancient world. It is also a ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 ...

For more than 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has concealed one of history’s most persistent mysteries: how ancient Egyptian workers moved and positioned approximately 2.3 million stone blocks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mummy that's been frozen in time for more than 5,300 years may not be as lifeless as scientists once believed. It's believed ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

New research suggests the Great Pyramid of Giza may have had a whole other purpose (Image: Getty) However, an independent researcher has now offered a jaw-dropping alternative to the conventional ...

The Pyramids of Giza were built to last for eternity, securing a safe passage to the afterlife for the souls of the pharaohs. To ensure that their divine gateways could infinitely withstand the mortal ...

Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock rejoins WIRED to break down five discoveries that tell us exactly how the Egyptian pyramids were built; from the Giza quarry to The Diary of Merer, Laurel paints ...