The pyramid was built for Egyptian Pharoah Djoser, who ruled for 19 years during Ancient Egypt's Third Dynasty. Before him, pharaohs were buried in tombs made of rectangular mud-brick slabs.

Only three objects have ever been recovered from inside the Great Pyramid – a trio of items known as the “Dixon Relics,” according to the University of Aberdeen. Two of them, a ball and a ...

Scientists from the ScanPyramids project use cosmic-ray muon radiography equipment to view a corridor hidden inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, constructed some 4,500 years ago for ancient Egypt's ...

A hidden corridor has been discovered within the Great Pyramid of Giza using cosmic rays. The corridor is 30 feet long and located near the entrance of the 4,500-year-old structure.

The 6 million-ton Great Pyramid of Giza is the last surviving wonder of the ancient world. How did the Egyptians engineer the mighty pharaoh Khufu’s tomb so precisely, with none of today’s ...