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

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 ...

Egypt's pyramids have fascinated the world for centuries, with the methods used to build the monuments with such ...

Pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure built their massive tombs to last. For more than 4,000 years, the Pyramids of Giza ...

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

An Egyptian archaeologist overseeing a project to scan a pyramid for voids on Saturday criticised the announcement of a discovery of a passenger plane-sized cavity in the Great Pyramid. Scientists ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 ...

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Khufu pyramid, is among the most famous wonders of the ancient world. It is also a ...