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 ...

Imagine the most exotic and ancient site known to humankind-what comes to mind? I'm guessing the pyramids of Egypt made the list. Not only are they the only sites on the lists of both the Ancient and ...

After two decades and an estimated cost of $1bn, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, just a few days after the official opening ceremony on Saturday. Regarded as ...

Near the southeastern corner of the Great Pyramid lies a little-known substructure cut directly into the bedrock. Known as the Neben Pyramid, it consists of a descending passage and a small chamber — ...

Some 31 pyramids in Egypt, including the Giza pyramid complex, may originally have been built along a 64-km-long branch of the river Nile which has long since been buried beneath farmland and desert.

One of the defining aspects of the recen tly unveiled $250 million first-phase makeover of San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid complex was the meticulous refurbishing of public spaces around the ...