For centuries, the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza has been one of history’s greatest mysteries. How did the ancient Egyptians manage to move and carve massive limestone blocks, each ...

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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 ...

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

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 speed of light, and the latitude of the ancient Egyptian Great Pyramid of Giza, are the same figure, but what does this actually mean?

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Egypt is a staple on many travel bucket lists, largely because it is home to the Pyramids of Giza—the only surviving site ...

Cairo: Egypt began a public live restoration of King Khufu s ancient solar boat at the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum on ...