Great Pyramid construction workers may have used a hidden internal pulley system rather than external ramps to move the ...

Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...

Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE. Today, well ...

Making a truly flat surface is a modern engineering feat, and not a small one. Even making something straight without ...

The Egyptian government wants to know how the casing stone got to Edinburgh, where it has been hidden in storage for more than six decades. Dr Margaret Maitland, Senior Curator, National Museums ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital reconstruction of a Giza pyramid by Australian insurance company Budget Direct. A digital reconstruction of a Giza ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During his trip to Egypt, Elisofon ...

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, ...

The supervisor-general of Egypt's Antiquities Repatriation Department, Shaaban Abdel-Gawad, has told Ahram Online that Egypt will send an official inquiry to Scotland asking for a certificate of ...

If you thought the pyramids had given up all their mysteries, think again. A huge, secret space has been discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, after scientists used new scanning technology to ...