Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

This is a tool that the Ancient Egyptians used. See the way it's a bit broken? Well, that's because it's very old. We call this kind of object an artefact. An artefact gives us a little window into ...

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 ...

A study has shown evidence that Egypt's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, may have been built using hydraulic power, with signs of water facilities.

In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

Experts say that American history could very well be reauthored after archaeologists in the country discovered an “ancient ...

Taking a sunrise hot air balloon ride alongside the hundreds of other balloons over the ancient Teotihuacan Pyramids is a ...

Researchers explore a tunnel in Teotihuacan last accessed 1,800 years ago. April 28, 2013— -- Mexican archeologists discovered three previously unknown chambers under a pyramid in Teotihuacan, an ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the three pyramids on the Giza plateau and one of the last surviving Seven ...