The Great Pyramid of Giza stood nearly 150 meters tall and was built from more than two million stone blocks. Some weighed up to 50 tons and were placed with near-perfect precision. Despite centuries ...

The Great Pyramid has always invited audacious explanations, from alien architects to supernatural levitation. Now a cluster ...

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

A study has shown evidence that Egypt's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, may have been built using hydraulic power, with signs of water facilities.

The construction of the Great Pyramid in Egypt has long remained a mystery to archaeologists, because ancient texts did not ...

Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

Tourists pose for a picture in Giza, Egypt, on Oct. 21, 2021. The iconic pyramids are surrounded by a harsh desert, prompting scientists to wonder how building blocks were brought to the site.Wang ...

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

The pyramids at Giza were simply built, one block at a time. But how did the worker actually move the massive material? Three physicists from Indiana University have put together a method to move ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient ramp system in a 4,500-year-old quarry in Egypt that might explain how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The sloping ramp lined with two staircases and ...

The ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids may have been able to move massive stone blocks across the desert by wetting the sand in front of a contraption built to pull the heavy objects, according ...

Ancient Egyptians built the spectacular Giza pyramids in what is now a desert landscape. How they hauled the tons-heavy building blocks to the pyramids has long been a mystery. By tracking ancient ...