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 ...

Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

A growing body of controversial evidence is challenging the long-accepted timeline of the Great Pyramid, and raising new questions about who may have built it. British author Graham Hancock recently ...

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 rise behind Egypt’s ...

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 ...

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...