The mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and engineers for ...

In this guest article, investigative historian, author and journalist Tony McMahon explores some of the more eccentric ...

OK, so how do we know this—you come to a block of stone in the relieving chambers above the Great Pyramid. And first of all you see this cartouche of a King and then some scrawls all in red ...

each starting at a specific point before coming together where those sections would be joined with a bonding stone. This lends credence to the theory that the pyramid was constructed layer by ...

Stairway to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser in 2650 B.C., the 204-foot structure was built of stone instead of ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown pyramidal structure near the Sacred City of Caral-Supe in Peru. This find sheds new light on one of the oldest urban ...

videoBuilding the pyramids - part 3 of 5 This reconstruction shows the young enslaved workers join an army of haulers dragging blocks of stone into position as the building of the pyramid begins.

Several years ago, in cooperation with the Germans, we found a stone inside the Great Pyramid with two copper handles on it. We will send a robot to see what's behind this door. This will be ...

You're Dead To Me host Greg Jenner is joined by Prof Sarah Parcak and comedian Maria Shehata to learn all about the magnificent Egyptian pyramids. We discover how and why pyramids were built, who ...