Claims that a “world’s oldest pyramid” has been found in Indonesia have raced around social media, promising a 25,000-year monument that would rewrite everything we think we know about civilization.

Deep in the vast steppes of Central Asia, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable ancient structure—a pyramid over 3,000 years old. Hidden along the Taldy River in Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region, ...

Feature on the jewelry in the exhibition "Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 16, 1999-January 9, 2000. Special ...