Pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure built their massive tombs to last. For more than 4,000 years, the Pyramids of Giza ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Egypt's Minya Governorate has shed new light on the earliest architectural experiments ...

Taken together, the discoveries suggest that Egyptian burial architecture was being tested and refined centuries before the country's most famous monuments appeared.

Djoser’s Step Pyramid transformed a royal tomb into the first true pyramid and revealed the power, ambition and evolving ...

Archaeologists in Egypt just cracked open two ancient tombs that nobody’s seen in millennia, and what they found inside could ...

Ancient Egypt has captivated people for centuries, inspiring countless books, documentaries, and blockbuster movies. Yet many ...

Part one. After the great pyramids : history and hieroglyphs -- The story up to now : a history in pyramids -- Writing changes everything -- Reviving Hardjedef? -- Part two. Making "Ancient Egypt": ...

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 ...

A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe seismic shocks. Seismologists analyzed vibrations in the various chambers of ...

In ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. When the ancient Egyptians built their giant pyramids, they wanted to ...