The pyramid of Menkaure, with three queens' pyramids in front. Behind are the pyramids of Khafre and Khufu. The workers' town that archaeologists have been exploring was used to house laborers ...

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

Egypt displayed on Monday newly discovered tombs more than 4,000 years old and said they belonged to people who worked on the Great Pyramids of Giza, putting the discovery forth as more evidence that ...

CAIRO — The Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Thursday began putting on display the country's oldest papyruses, which date back 4,500 years, detailing the daily life of the pyramid-builders. The items are ...

The towering pyramids of the Giza Plateau have long stirred a sense of mystery and awe in onlookers due to their remarkable architectural design and feats in engineering. Scholars have speculated for ...

A Nile tributary ran close to Egypt’s ancient pyramids — possibly carrying workers and materials to the monumental construction sites. There’s an old saying that you can’t step in the same river twice ...

How exactly was the Great Pyramid built? Inside-out, thinks architect Jean-Pierre Houdin. Courtesy of Virtools In 1999, Henri Houdin, a retired French civil engineer, was watching a television ...

Smithsonian Channel has boarded Ancient Egyptian docu-drama “Secrets of the Pyramid Builders” and will launch the series in the U.S. The channel has signed on as a co-producer on the six-parter from ...