Egypt's pyramids served as tombs for her dead kings. The focus of a complex of ritual buildings, the pyramid was the magical powerhouse where the mummified pharaoh would attain eternal life. The first ...
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly emphasized the great attention given to the Giza Plateau area and its surrounding regions, especially with the opening of the Grand Egyptian ...
It was built over 4,400 years ago to honour the Egyptian pharaoh Sahura of the Fifth Dynasty. And now scientists have discovered secret rooms inside Sahura's Pyramid that could reveal its ancient ...
Through restoration work on the 4,400-year-old Pyramid of Sahura, researchers have discovered previously unknown chambers ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a number of previously undocumented storage rooms within Egyptian pharaoh Sahura’s pyramid that may hold treasures from ancient royals. As part of a conservation and ...
At Meidum, 30 miles south of Memphis, King Snefru (the first king of the 4th Dynasty, who came to the throne around 2613 BC) built Egypt's first true, or straight-sided, pyramid. This started as a ...
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly emphasized the great attention given to the Giza Plateau area and its surrounding regions, especially with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum and the continuous ...
Egypt's pyramids served as tombs for her dead kings. The focus of a complex of ritual buildings, the pyramid was the magical powerhouse where the mummified pharaoh would attain eternal life. The first ...
Snefru built two pyramids at Dahshur. His first was designed from the start as a true pyramid. But the 54 degrees angle proved too steep, and as the pyramid was being built on soft, silty clay, there ...