The sheer scale, symmetrical construction, and eternal steadfastness of King Khufu’s Pyramid on the Giza Plateau were the first things to capture the imagination of travelers—from the Greeks and ...

Built in 2670 BCE under Pharaoh Djoser and designed by Imhotep, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara is the world’s oldest large-scale stone monument. Standing 62 meters tall, it pioneered pyramid construction ...

Hidden beneath the sands of Egypt's Giza Plateau, three precisely engineered shafts have been rediscovered that may unlock access to a vast underground network whispered about by ancient Greek ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI data centers use large amounts of water for cooling. And many are being built in the drought-stricken Mountain West, ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

The heirs of developer Theo G. Meyer and Sons sold the Crest Royal Apartments in San Francisco for nearly $25 million.

Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in the 1990s after an international outcry.

For 50 years, a metal propane-tank shaped contraption was buried, forgotten, under San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid. But when the iconic building changed hands, its new owners unearthed the buried ...