See how Egyptian engineers might have used water to shape history’s greatest monuments.

Across ancient civilizations, pyramids appear in places that never contacted each other, from Egypt to the Americas. The ...

This discovery is not merely a structural anomaly but a potential gateway to history. Hawass, the former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, suggests that this passage could lead to the long-lost burial ...

The Pyramid of Unas may appear smaller than the pyramids of Giza, but it holds a major place in ancient Egyptian history.

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 ...

Ancient Egyptians had none of our technology, but managed to complete the megalith almost unnaturally fast.

Storage rooms aren’t always the most enthralling places to discover or investigate. But when those storage rooms are 4,400 years old and were previously a complete mystery, things get a little more ...

Claims that a second, massive Sphinx statue lies buried beneath the sands of Egypt’s Giza Plateau have gone viral, drawing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.

Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, ...