Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid, it is hard to imagine that this monument—which remained the tallest building in the world until early in this century—was built in just under 30 years.

Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ground. A special report produced with Smithsonian Channel Jo Marchant; Photographs by Roger Anis Beneath the ruins of the Bubasteion ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, thought to have four sides, may actually have eight. Researchers, including British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, uncovered the mystery of its concave faces under ...