Soil drilled near the Giza necropolis had levels of copper far higher than what's natural. © Vincent Brown via Flickr The construction of Egypt’s famed Giza ...

A new analysis of soil samples from the Giza plateau reveals copper and arsenic contamination dating back over 5,000 years from using metal tools, especially those used to build the pyramid complex.

Levels of copper during this period were "5 to 6 times ... surged as the waning Nile exposed fertile floodplains. Even as pyramid construction at Giza ceased, metalworking likely persisted to ...

was once a bustling harbor during the era of pyramid construction, according to Illustreret Videnskab. The research team, composed of archaeologists, chemists, and geologists, identified copper ...

Copper was the hardest metal then available, and the Egyptians needed it to cut the stones for their pharaoh’s massive pyramid. When Egyptian ships returned to port, they were loaded with copper.

The Great Pyramid of Giza, towering at 147 meters and holding the record as the tallest man-made structure for nearly 4,000 years, was constructed over 20 to 30 years using around two million massive ...

Marks made by a copper saw are visible in a piece of basalt paving found near Khufu’s pyramid on the Giza Plateau.(Mark Lehner for Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA)) After offloading ...

His pyramid is visible in the background. David Degner / Getty Reportage Excavators at Ayn Soukhna uncovered dwellings, a copper workshop, ships’ remains and stone inscriptions. One cited an “ ...