There is good and bad news for those planning to visit Egypt this summer to explore the Pyramids of Giza. While the largest pyramid, Khufu, remains closed for maintenance, there’s a silver lining. The ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has scuttled a controversial plan to reinstall ancient granite cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three great pyramids of Giza, a committee formed by the ...

Cairo — Just weeks after an Egyptian-Japanese archaeological team announced an ambitious project to reconstruct the outer granite casing of the pyramid of King Menkaure, the smallest of the three main ...

Egyptian officials canceled their plans to renovate the pyramid of Menkaure last week, citing preservation-related concerns over the project. Officials planned to install cladding made of ancient ...

Fresh radar scans on the Giza Plateau have revealed a buried “anomaly” that is forcing Egyptologists to rethink how people ...

ONE of Egypt’s most famous pyramids may be hiding a secret second entrance, according to experts who have spotted mysterious “anomalies”. The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main ...

The pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure are often overshadowed by the Great Pyramid, but they contain a striking and unusual feature. Both were partially cased in granite rather than limestone. This video ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three famous ...

Egypt's antiquities chief announced a project to restore an ancient pyramid's granite cladding. He called it "Egypt's gift to the world," gesturing to work apparently already begun. But some heritage ...

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...