A group of Egyptian and foreign experts launched Sunday a new bid to unravel the “secrets” of the pyramids, including a search for hidden chambers inside four famed pharaonic monuments. Architects and ...

Answering your top questions about Ancient Egypt's greatest architectural wonders and the underground secrets of the Giza ...

The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three famous Pyramids of Giza, has long been suspected to have another entrance that looters would never be able to find. After using several non-invasive methods ...

We all know what Egypt's pyramids look like on the outside, but what do they look like on the inside? Narrow passageways, spacious chambers and steep galleries make up the bulk of the interior layouts ...

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 ...

Every year, millions of tourists walk the scorching sands of the Giza plateau to stand in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, next to the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure. Most of the visitors ...

Nearly 4,700 years ago, ancient Egyptian builders created something the world had never seen: a monumental stone pyramid rising above the desert at Saqqara. Built for King Netjerikhet, better known as ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...