While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE. Today, well ...

The pyramids may have been built using a sophisticated hydraulic system, according to a new study in Egypt. Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at ...

A pre-Columbian pyramid at Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone, Michoacán, Mexico, has partially collapsed following downpours around Lake Pátzcuaro, according to Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

“No Jews built the pyramids because Jews didn’t exist at the period when the pyramids were built,” Mazar said. Dorothy Resig, an editor of Biblical Archaeology Review in Washington, D.C., said the ...

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 ...

Even with cranes, helicopters, tractors and trucks at our disposal, it would be tough to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza today. Its construction 4,500 years ago is so astounding in some people's ...

It’s one thing to explore one of the Wonders of the World—both new and classic—without leaving your house. It’s another to build one. LEGO’s newest build is doing just that. This summer, the company ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...