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, seen here with the Milky Way in the background, are not Egypt's oldest pyramids. Pyramids are iconic symbols of the ancient pharaohs' power and technological prowess that still ...

The Great Pyramid has always invited audacious explanations, from alien architects to supernatural levitation. Now a cluster ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

"Landreau et al. estimate that Egyptian builders could have captured between 4 million and 54 cubic meters of water over the two or three decades it took to complete the Step Pyramid." "Landreau et al ...

Perhaps one of the most striking aspects of the pyramids at Giza — a massive monument complex built some 4,500 years ago, and one of the seven wonders of the ancient world — is the way they rise from ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient ramp system in a 4,500-year-old quarry in Egypt that might explain how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The sloping ramp lined with two staircases and ...