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 ...

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

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.

The pyramids may have been built using a sophisticated hydraulic system, according to a new study in Egypt. Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at ...

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: ...

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

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

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 ...

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