The mystery of how ancient Egyptians developed the skills to build their world-famous pyramids may have taken a major twist.

Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock rejoins WIRED to break down five discoveries that tell us exactly how the Egyptian pyramids were built; from the Giza quarry to The Diary of Merer, Laurel paints ...

Egyptian builders were using architectural techniques that foreshadowed those seen in the pyramids, new evidence suggests.

New research suggests that the two large structures near the Red Pyramid site at Dahshur, Egypt, are parts of an ancient dam, ...

How did the ancient Egyptians haul millions of massive stone blocks, some weighing more than 10 tonnes, across the desert to ...

Gold tongues found at Marina el-Alamein (right) and a limestone tombstone showing a man holding a bird (left) Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities To prepare their loved ones for the afterlife ...

Naguib Sawiris’ Orascom Pyramids Entertainment is boosting its investment in facilities at the ancient Egyptian monuments by a third, looking to sports events and pop concerts by the likes of Shakira ...

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday. The recent discoveries at the Dakhla Oasis and at the ...

Two 5,000-year-old tombs recently unearthed at Jabal al-Tayr, Egypt, resemble the royal tomb of King Hor-Den at Abydos. The tombs’ construction suggests their builders understood structural ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered tombs dating back 5,000 years that could reshape our understanding of the earliest development of pyramid architecture. The discovery, reported by the Ministry ...

In the world of archeology, few tools have revolutionized the field as much as ground-penetrating radar (GPR). This geophysical technique uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. Similar techniques ...

“Signs of life” have been discovered inside an ancient mummified iceman from 5,300 years ago. Ötzi the Iceman, a naturally preserved mummy, was discovered inside a glacier by hikers in the Ötztal Alps ...