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

The incident comes weeks after another incident that shook the archaeological community: the disappearance of a gold bracelet ...

A priceless ancient Egyptian wall painting has been stolen from Saqqara’s Khenti-Ka tomb, prompting a major investigation by ...

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

The large relief was taken from the necropolis of Saqqara’s tomb of Old Kingdom royal vizier Khentika, which had been ...

CAIRO, Egypt (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build the oldest pyramid. Scientists are floating a new idea on how Egypt's oldest pyramid was built more than 4,000 years ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

(CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the ...

I'm thinking because making the entire pyramid a gradually ascending spiral (rather than, say, simply stepped) gives you the most gradual slope of any simple ramp configuration. You can go around all ...