"The pyramids are there as mountains of stone proving the otherworldly nature of their god-kings. You stand in front of those ...

King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Researchers have renewed interest in an ancient Egyptian site that may conceal a vast underground labyrinth beneath the ...

Standing at the base of the pyramids at Giza it is hard to believe that any of these enormous monuments could have been built in one pharaoh's lifetime. Herodotus, the Greek historian who wrote in ...

The word “Sphinx” comes to us from classical antiquity, some 2,000 years after its construction, referring to a similar creature from Greek myth. The last of the pyramids of Giza is the ...

"You find evidence of the stone structure everywhere. Consequently, you can conclude that the whole thing is a pyramid." Not just any pyramid, but what Osmanagich calls the Pyramid of the Moon ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The largest and most famous of all the pyramids, the Great Pyramid at Giza, was commissioned by Snefru's son, Khufu, known also as Cheops, the later Greek form of his name. The pyramid's base covered ...

You're Dead To Me host Greg Jenner is joined by Prof Sarah Parcak and comedian Maria Shehata to learn all about the magnificent Egyptian pyramids. We discover how and why pyramids were built ...

Tourist overcrowding has made the ancient Giza surroundings chaotic. Egypt introduced a $51 million initiative, aiming to revamp the site.

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial tombs for the most important people in their society, the pharaohs. Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in ...