The Great Pyramid has been called a tomb, a wonder of engineering, and the subject of countless conspiracy theories. Now, it ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

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 ...

Half-buried cities, cliff-carved tombs and stone circles - the ancient ruins every traveler needs to see once.

It is easy to picture the Great Pyramid of Giza standing isolated against sand and heat, as if it had always belonged to a ...

A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe seismic shocks.

The Great Pyramid of Khufu was completed between approximately 4,600 and 4,450 years ago. Since then, the 450-foot-tall (138-meter) structure has endured numerous earthquakes without suffering any ...

It won’t come as much of a surprise that many people believe that the pyramids are some of the oldest structures in the world. While this isn’t entirely inaccurate, the reality is that several ...

THIS is the shocking moment two tourists were caught brazenly scaling an ancient pyramid in a shocking breach of strict rules ...