A new discovery in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza suggests the structure was not just a pharaoh's final resting place, but also a giant power plant. Scientists blasted the 4,600-year-old structure with ...

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 ...

The Giza Pyramids are among the best documented construction projects of the ancient world, yet a stubborn slice of popular culture still credits them to visitors from another planet. I want to ...

Believers say it is a discovery that will rewrite the history of the world. In the town of Visoko in Bosnia stands one of the largest pyramids—only this pyramid is in the form of a hill. The hill is ...

Effect of housing rats within a pyramid on stress parameters. "The Giza pyramids of Egypt have been the subject of much research. Pyramid models with the same base to height ratio as of the Great ...

Egypt’s oldest pyramid was likely built with the help of an innovative hydraulic water elevator system, archaeologists claim in a new study which sheds more light on the ingenuity of ancient Egyptians ...

It may seem unlikely in the middle of the desert, but water power could have helped the Egyptians build the pyramids, a new study suggests. A complex system of dams and channels has been uncovered ...

Claustrophobic? You may want to look away now. A traveller has filmed a spellbinding journey into the heart of an Egyptian pyramid – and it involves spaces so tight even Lara Croft would surely feel a ...

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 ...

A striking photo of a human pyramid reminds Kelly Grovier that this structure has dominated art history for centuries. He explains why. A thrilling photograph from the streets of Barcelona this week ...