The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

Mudavadi visited Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza, reflecting on their 4,000-year history and describing them as a powerful reminder of African ingenuity and ambition.

Hollywood has spent decades filling my head with some very questionable ideas about pyramids. You know the scene: enslaved ...

Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock rejoins WIRED to break down five discoveries that tell us exactly how the Egyptian pyramids were built; from the Giza quarry to The Diary of Merer, Laurel paints ...

The remains of an ancient Egyptian pyramid were found near King Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid, above, in the Dahshur royal necropolis. DeAgostini/Getty Images Excavators have found what they say is another ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has visited the iconic Great Pyramids of Giza as he concluded his official ...

A skull from the now extinct ‘Herugavialis cairensis’ was discovered in the 1920s—and is also missing part of its nose.

Ancient Egypt was one of the earliest and most enduring civilizations in history, surviving for over 3,000 years. From pharaohs to pyramids, political divisions, cultural renaissance, and eventual ...

Its purpose was set in stone. Aliens might not have built the Egyptian pyramids, but that apparently doesn’t mean they didn’t serve a higher purpose. Independent researcher Sefy Levy argued that the ...