Most people look up at the pyramids, but the real mystery may be underfoot. Researchers describe the Giza Plateau as a ...

How ancient builders raised the mighty pyramids still captures the curiosity of historians and scientists. Despite decades of digging, high-tech scanning, and countless theories, the puzzle remains: ...

For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza—the largest of Egypt’s pyramids—consists of about 2.3 million limestone blocks. The smallest of these weigh two tons, while the largest weigh over 60. History says laborers ...

The Khufu Pyramid, also known as the Great Pyramid, is the largest and arguably most famous of the three pyramids at Giza. New research, however, has shed intriguing light on the secrets of its ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

The Great Pyramid of Cholula in Mexico is the world's largest monument by volume, surpassing Giza with a massive 4.45 million ...

A visitor looks out towards the Giza pyramid complex as she tours the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo on May 5, 2025 ...

Egypt began a public live restoration of King Khufu’s ancient solar boat at the newly-opened Grand Egyptian Museum Tuesday, more than 4,000 years after th ...

A visitor looks out towards the Giza pyramid complex as she tours the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo on May 5, 2025 — Khaled DESOUKI Egypt said on ...