Now that the Grand Egyptian Museum is fully open, it’s a great time to plan a trip to Egypt. Here’s how to choose what you can do easily on your own and where a guided tour is beneficial. ByJohanna ...

On the plateau overlooking the ancient Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, a major outdoor art exhibition brings together the work of 14 international contemporary artists who have created site-specific ...

Every few years, someone comes up with a new "this is how the pyramids were built" theory. In addition to aliens or long-forgotten super technologies, many theories rely on unfeasible ramps that'd ...

Granite blocks lie at the base of the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza, Egypt, which is 4,500 years old. Ahmed Gomaa / Xinhua via Getty Images Archaeologists in Egypt have started work on a sprawling ...

The rubbly exterior of Sahura's pyramid juxtaposed with the recently cleared and restored chambers (all images courtesy Mohamed Ismail Khaled) A team of Egyptian and German researchers led by Mohamed ...

Researchers have uncovered a potential explanation for how the iconic Pyramid of Djoser, believed to be the oldest in ancient Egypt, was built. The step pyramid, located in the Saqqara necropolis, ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...

A research team’s astonishing claims that they discovered massive underground structures extending hundreds of feet deep beneath Egypt’s Khafre Pyramid sound like science fiction to experts. Scottish ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt. Built ...

Egypt's antiquities chief announced a project to restore an ancient pyramid's granite cladding. He called it "Egypt's gift to the world," gesturing to work apparently already begun. But some heritage ...