A digital reconstruction of a Giza pyramid by Australian insurance company Budget Direct. The Egyptian pyramids erupting from the sands at Giza are a testament to human ingenuity and engineering.

The Great Pyramid’s perfection on the outside hides a very different story on the inside. Beneath the fine limestone casing and well-cut outer blocks lies a mass of irregular stone and rubble, ...

Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...

Archaeology workers dig Tuesday at the site of a newly discovered pyramid, the base of which is seen center-left, at Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass announced the ...

SAQQARA, EgyptSAQQARA, Egypt — Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years but ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most impressive structures in the world, but it also has a small design flaw. It's lopsided. The good news? That flaw could help us figure out how humans ...

Archaeologists have discovered a pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of pyramids in recent years. The 4,300-year-old monument most likely belonged to ...

Egypt has over 100 pyramids, but one is famed for its uniqueness. Egypt’s “bent” pyramid built for the Pharaoh Sneferu is a remarkable structure as well as being an archaeological wonder. Article ...

Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that remains largely unexplored and has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years, Egypt's ...

SAQQARA, Egypt – Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years but remains largely ...