A new study suggests that the Step Pyramid of Djoser may have been built using a system way ahead of its time.

Fresh research has revived debate over how Egypt’s earliest pyramid rose from the desert—suggesting water power may have ...

A new theory, increasingly breaking through the rigid frameworks of traditional narratives, invites us to rethink the role of the pyramids in Egypt’s history.

Now, a 4,500-year-old mystery may finally have been answered thanks to experts who have been examining the Step Pyramid of ...

One tweet was all it took for Elon Musk to send historians and archaeologists into meltdown. His playful claim that aliens built the pyramids turned into a viral storm that blurred the line between ...

In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

How ancient builders raised the mighty pyramids still captures the curiosity of historians and scientists. Despite decades of digging, high-tech scanning, and countless theories, the puzzle remains: ...

Jaco Cillers, special representative of the UNDP administrator for a program to help Palestinians, said on Tuesday that the ...

At nearly 3,000 feet above sea level in the misty highlands of West Java, Indonesia, a series of moss-covered stone terraces ...

If you think the pyramids were built by slaves under the whip, think again. Archaeologists found that the pyramid construction team was organized much like a modern construction company. People worked ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Monday scoffed at claims by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson that Egypt's ancient pyramids were not built as pharaonic tombs but used to ...