Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

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 ...

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 — a ...

A groundbreaking study has put forward a radical new explanation for how the Great Pyramid of Giza was really built. The ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step Pyramid of ...

Exclusive: Zahi Hawass opens up about his new documentary, the latest discoveries changing what we understand about the ...

How the great pyramids of Egypt were built has long been a hotly debated open question, given the sheer size and weight of the limestone blocks used for the construction. Numerous speculative (and ...

How an ancient civilization was able to build such large structures without the assistance of modern technology has baffled the world for generations. And while the popular theory that they were ...

The only remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza, has stood in the Egyptian desert for more ...