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 ...

Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

Explosive deep‑scan data reveals giant engineered structures beneath the Pyramids of Giza, pushing Egypt to confront a ...

The Great Pyramid at Giza has been studied for centuries, yet new scans of the 4,500-year-old monument suggest it may still ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

Scientists identified a 1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary at Cova de les Dones after finding inscriptions and a coin offering. Photo from A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela and X. Martorell The summaries below ...

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...