High above the Giza Plateau, satellites and radar instruments are redrawing the map of one of humanity’s most studied ...

British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 but has faced rumours ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

Recently unredacted construction plans for China’s new super embassy in London have ignited a storm of national security concerns across the United Kingdom, as blueprints reveal a hidden underground ...

In the shadow of the Giza pyramids, the desert still guards secrets that lie not on the surface but deep beneath the sand. A recent study has recorded signs suggesting that previously unknown, unusual ...

CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that ...

While the Great Pyramid draws the most attention, its neighbor Khafre hides mysteries of its own. Inside the burial chamber are two square-shaped openings cut into the walls. They resemble the ...

a pyramid scheme in the hands of a fraudster. Fans of the old horror movie Poltergeist 2 remember the classic line "They're back" and so it is with the classic Secret Sister scam which returns each ...

Rising just over 60 meters, the Menkaure Pyramid is the youngest of the Giza pyramids and unique for its extensive use of Aswan granite, which has fueled decades of debate about its construction and ...

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...

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