A secret doorway inside an ancient Egyptian pyramid is believed to have been discovered by a scientist, over 4,500 years on from when it was originally built. The Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of ...

Pharaoh Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty transformed monumental architecture in ancient Egypt, constructing more total pyramid ...

Pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure built their massive tombs to last. For more than 4,000 years, the Pyramids of Giza ...

Experts found found that ancient Egyptian construction workers may have pioneered sophisticated building methods hundreds of years before the pyramids ...

Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock rejoins WIRED to break down five discoveries that tell us exactly how the Egyptian pyramids were built; from the Giza quarry to The Diary of Merer, Laurel paints ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Khufu pyramid, is among the most famous wonders of the ancient world. It is also a ...

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 ...

New research suggests that the two large structures near the Red Pyramid site at Dahshur, Egypt, are parts of an ancient dam, ...

Two 5,000-year-old tombs recently unearthed at Jabal al-Tayr, Egypt, resemble the royal tomb of King Hor-Den at Abydos. The tombs’ construction suggests their builders understood structural ...

From makeup and board games to stone pillows and toe socks, the everyday items of ancient Egyptians reveal they valued cleanliness, leisure, and piety.

Rare carvings may reveal important information about New Kingdom era connections to the Near East and ancient domestic life ...