The Pyramid of Unas, located at Saqqara, may appear smaller than the famous pyramids of Giza, but it holds a unique place in ...

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 ...

What did the ancient Greeks and Egyptians call the pyramids, and what did these ancient words originally mean?

A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe ...

Researchers measured vibrations inside and around the pyramid to learn that the structure is surprisingly resilient against ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

Key features of the famous monument defend it from earthquakes – but we can’t know if that’s what the builders had in mind.

“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 ...