The pyramid of Menkaure, with three queens' pyramids in front. Behind are the pyramids of Khafre and Khufu. The workers' town that archaeologists have been exploring was used to house laborers ...

CAIRO — The Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Thursday began putting on display the country's oldest papyruses, which date back 4,500 years, detailing the daily life of the pyramid-builders. The items are ...

CAIRO — An international team of researchers said Sunday they will soon begin analyzing cosmic particles collected inside Egypt’s Bent Pyramid to search for clues as to how it was built and learn more ...

A Nile tributary ran close to Egypt’s ancient pyramids — possibly carrying workers and materials to the monumental construction sites. There’s an old saying that you can’t step in the same river twice ...

The Pyramid of Giza rises from the desert sands and has sparked questions for centuries. People stand before it and instantly ...

Smithsonian Channel has boarded Ancient Egyptian docu-drama “Secrets of the Pyramid Builders” and will launch the series in the U.S. The channel has signed on as a co-producer on the six-parter from ...

How exactly was the Great Pyramid built? Inside-out, thinks architect Jean-Pierre Houdin. Courtesy of Virtools In 1999, Henri Houdin, a retired French civil engineer, was watching a television ...

In this image released by Jaime Awe, head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology on Monday May 13, 2013, a backhoe claws away at the sloping sides of the Nohmul complex, one of Belize's largest Mayan ...