Great Pyramid construction workers may have used a hidden internal pulley system rather than external ramps to move the ...

The Great Pyramid has always invited audacious explanations, from alien architects to supernatural levitation. Now a cluster ...

Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

In addition, the researchers also presented a new perspective on the antechamber.

Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

If the ancient Egyptians used beer, kites and wind power to build the pyramids -- and here comes someone who has demonstrated they could have -- some important questions remain: "They used beer as a ...

Fossilized pollen shows grasses and marshes once reached near the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza. An aridification of East Africa likely depleted the branch of the Nile River that flowed close to ...

The mystery of how the Ancient Egyptian pyramids has been reignited by the death of a Swiss author, who famously argued that ...

Researchers have uncovered a potential explanation for how the iconic Pyramid of Djoser, believed to be the oldest in ancient Egypt, was built. The step pyramid, located in the Saqqara necropolis, ...

How the great pyramids of Egypt were built has long been a hotly debated open question, given the sheer size and weight of the limestone blocks used for the construction. Numerous speculative (and ...

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Researchers believe a river running right up close to the Great Pyramid of Giza made getting the enormous stones to the site much easier, enabling construction of what was the world’s tallest ...