It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, positing that they used a pulley and counterweight system to erect it so ...

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 ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once ...

A secret doorway inside an ancient Egyptian pyramid is believed to have been discovered by a scientist, over 4,500 years on from when it was originally built. The Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of ...

“Pyramid schemes” aren’t just for the wealthy. Archaeologists have long theorized that Egyptian pyramid tombs were reserved for the elite. However, analysis of skeletons belonging to “extremely active ...

The Secret of the Great Pyramid moves between the ancient and the modern. The ancient story chronicles, step-by-step, how a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age could construct ...