The Pyramid of Sahura has stood on Egypt’s desert plateau for roughly forty-four centuries, its interior seemingly mapped and ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

The speed of light, and the latitude of the ancient Egyptian Great Pyramid of Giza, are the same figure, but what does this actually mean?

The pyramids on the Giza plateau west of Cairo are almost certainly the prime attraction for visitors to Egypt and they may ...

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...

Egypt is a staple on many travel bucket lists, largely because it is home to the Pyramids of Giza—the only surviving site ...

After two decades under construction, Egypt has officially thrown open the doors to the largest archeological museum in the world, spanning 94 football fields (5.4 million sq ft or 500,000 sq m) and ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, decades in the making, is part of plans to draw more tourists to Egypt — Khaled DESOUKI Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, ...