Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. When the sun plunges below the horizon in ...

A new study aims to answer the centuries-old question of how the Great Pyramids were built thousands of years ago, and its findings have provided an unexpected possible answer: water. Though deserts ...

The Giza Pyramids are among the best documented construction projects of the ancient world, yet a stubborn slice of popular culture still credits them to visitors from another planet. I want to ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...