Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

They were not, so the polemic went, the work of 'puny' man, but instead those 'giants of Mars'. Yes, the Pyramids of Giza - those monuments to god-like splendour that have stood for more than 4,000 ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step Pyramid of ...

How the Egyptian pyramids were built has long been a mystery. Constructed as tombs for the pharaohs over 4,000 years ago, more than 100 of them remain. The largest one, the Great Pyramid of Giza, was ...

In mid-October 2024, a video was shared online purportedly showing actual footage of the pyramids in ancient Egypt being constructed. One X user captioned the clip, in French: "INSOLITE – Un ...

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a big reason to be skeptical. A pair of researchers has claimed to find ...

Researchers from Cairo and Munich uncovered “air-filled voids” beneath Menkaure pyramid’s eastern face, suggesting a long-suspected hidden entrance. Using electrical resistivity tomography, radar, and ...

Video of a dog venturing to the top of one of Egypt's Great Pyramids has gone mega-viral. The dog ventured up to the 448-foot tall Pyramid of Khafre is one of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of ...