A plan to cover a Giza pyramid with granite cladding has been called “absurd” after its proponents promised it would deliver “a gift from Egypt to the world”. The project aims to restore the Pyramid ...

Tourists pose for a picture in Giza, Egypt, on Oct. 21, 2021. The iconic pyramids are surrounded by a harsh desert, prompting scientists to wonder how building blocks were brought to the site.Wang ...

A preliminary study, based on a new method for dating ancient structures, suggests that the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza could be tens of thousands of years older than what traditional Egyptology ...

We’ve been told the Great Pyramid was built from 2.3 million hand-carved 3-ton blocks. But new analysis suggests that might be wrong. Archaeologists now believe large parts of the structure could be ...

Some granite blocks inside the Great Pyramid weigh more than 60 tons. They were hauled from Aswan, hundreds of miles away. Getting them to Giza was the easy part.

It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, ...

(KGTV) — A story you may have seen claims scientists have found a long-buried branch of the Nile River that may explain how the ancient Egyptians transported the massive blocks used to build the ...

A study has shown evidence that Egypt's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, may have been built using hydraulic power, with signs of water facilities.

Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

Ancient Egyptians built the spectacular Giza pyramids in what is now a desert landscape. How they hauled the tons-heavy building blocks to the pyramids has long been a mystery. By tracking ancient ...