A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The location of the entrance to Egypt's 'floating' pyramid stumped archaeologists for years, but the nearby village is the ...

For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, revealing a roughly 30‑foot corridor tucked behind the ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 2,200-year-old pyramid, Ancient Origins reported. Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Ministry of Heritage worked together with ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

This file Aug. 19, 2011 photo shows tourists as they leave the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, about 25 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. An international heritage research group says scientists will begin ...