Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

For 50 years, Rajan Hooda, MBA ’88, PhD ’90, has been obsessed with a mystery that has baffled archaeologists, architects, and engineers for centuries: How did the ancient Egyptians build the Great ...

The Great Pyramid at Giza has been studied for centuries, yet new scans of the 4,500-year-old monument suggest it may still ...

Yet, having stood for over 4,500 years, historians and archaeologists are continuing to uncover new details about the pyramids. For almost as long as they have existed, the pyramids in Egypt were ...

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two voids detected on the eastern side of the Pyramid of Menkaure on Egypt's Giza plateau hint at a second, hidden entrance to the pyramid, according to a new study. The pyramid was built during the ...

CAIRO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - New tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Sunday.

When you look at the world’s oldest tourist sites, their survival often feels improbable. Many of these places were built ...