Historians have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were constructed primarily for royals and high-status individuals—those with the money and power required to build such grand structures.

(NEXSTAR) – For 50 years, a metal propane-tank shaped contraption was buried, forgotten, under San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid. But when the iconic building changed hands, its new owners ...

The contents of a time capsule that was encased for 50 years in concrete in San Francisco’s renowned Transamerica Pyramid Center complex and largely forgotten have finally been unveiled and will go on ...

For centuries, scientists believed that only the elite were buried in pyramids. But a surprising recent discovery of ancient skeletons has thrown that idea into question. In a new study, researchers ...

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The latest breakthrough in pyramid research did not begin in the desert but in orbit, where radar images from space have traced a lost branch of the Nile that once flowed beside Egypt’s most famous ...

To protect them against enemies and intruders after death, Egypt’s pharaohs were entombed with their treasures in cleverly concealed chambers deep with in their monumental pyramids. Most of these ...