For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the ...

King Snefru's son went on to build the Great Pyramid at Giza. For the second time in less than two weeks, Egypt government officials on Saturday opened a new pyramid to the public, welcoming visitors ...

Cairo — Archaeologists have launched a huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago. An Egyptian ...

The Menkaure pyramid, pictured in February 2023, was originally encased in granite but over time lost part of its covering — Amir MAKAR A video showing renovation work at Egypt's Menkaure pyramid at ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has scuttled a controversial plan to reinstall ancient granite cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three great pyramids of Giza, a committee formed by the ...

When video of a dog at the top of an Egyptian pyramid in Giza went viral last week, tens of millions of social media users were simultaneously delighted and baffled. How did the dog get up there, and ...

Cairo — Just weeks after an Egyptian-Japanese archaeological team announced an ambitious project to reconstruct the outer granite casing of the pyramid of King Menkaure, the smallest of the three main ...

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table — a ...

A major restoration project is underway to repair one of Egypt’s famed pyramids, despite frustration from the archaeology community. The efforts are led by Mostafa Waziri, Egypt’s secretary-general of ...

Egyptian officials revealed the discovery of a mysterious, 30-foot-long corridor sealed off inside one of the Pyramids of Giza on Thursday. Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa ...

The pyramid is deemed the oldest stone structure of its size in the world. CAIRO -- Egypt's oldest pyramid, rescued from collapse, reopened to visitors Thursday after a 14-year restoration project. A ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...