For centuries, the precise method of how the ancient Egyptians constructed their pyramids has been one of history’s greatest ...

For centuries, the enormous gabled chevron blocks above the entrance to the Great Pyramid have baffled explorers and ...

Ancient cultural blending is shown by the Egyptian genome. This is a genetic connection to Mesopotamia dating back nearly ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian, who lived when the earliest pyramids were built ...

Ancient Egyptians built the Step Pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser in the 27th century BC, and it was the tallest structure at the time, coming in at about 62 meters (204 feet) tall.

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table.

"This new discovery in Asyut will add more to what we know about the Middle Kingdom, which is all too often overshadowed by the earlier Old Kingdom 'Pyramid Age' and the later New Kingdom, with ...

Object Details Author Arnold, Dorothea Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Royal Ontario Museum Notes This publication is issued in conjunction ...