The latest breakthrough in pyramid research did not begin in the desert but in orbit, where radar images from space have traced a lost branch of the Nile that once flowed beside Egypt’s most famous ...

The pyramids at Giza are usually described as the ultimate building project, millions of blocks stacked skyward by sheer human effort. A growing fringe of researchers and online theorists is now ...

There's an alternate explanation for the huge void inside the Great Pyramid -- and while it's a bit more prosaic than a secret chamber of riches that hasn't seen the sun in thousands of years, it's no ...

If the ancient Egyptians used beer, kites and wind power to build the pyramids -- and here comes someone who has demonstrated they could have -- some important questions remain: "They used beer as a ...

The engineering feat behind the Great Pyramid of Giza was so impressive it is not surprising the monument made it as one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. A new survey of the pyramid, however, ...

"How was the pyramid of Giza made?," asked a Vernon Area Public Library District patron who attended a recent youth program. The library is in Lincolnshire. The world's oldest inscribed papyrus ...

Researchers believe a river running right up close to the Great Pyramid of Giza made getting the enormous stones to the site much easier, enabling construction of what was the world’s tallest ...