ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed a vast ancient pyramid that was hidden for millennia, right next to a revered sacred city. They ...

(Getty Images)| In Mexico's ancient city of Teotihuacán – a UNESCO World Heritage Site that once boasted a population of more than 125,000 people – visitors will find the Pyramid of the Sun.

TUCKED away in a corner of Antarctica lies a mysterious mountain peak that looks exactly like a man-made pyramid with four symmetrical sides. The snowy structure of the ice-locked continent has a ...

The famous Sphinx is perched to the east of the Great Pyramid of Khafre and watches the Sun rise each day. On the equinoxes, the rising Sun appears to sink into the shoulder of the half-man ...

The high plateau allowed greater visibility for the pyramid. It was near Heliopolis, basis of the cult of the sun god Re. Since there were already some tombs in Giza, the land had already been ...

They reveal how the Egyptians saw the world. Pyramids were more than tombs; they connected pharaohs to the gods. They were built to catch the sun’s rays, showing the king’s soul’s journey to ...

In high school Kawae became obsessed with the pyramids after watching a TV documentary. Now he’s quick to say that sweating under the Egyptian sun isn’t as glamorous as Hollywood portrays it.

A lone camel driver makes his way home against Pyramids gilded by a late-afternoon sun. NOVA: It is difficult to get an inside sense of what life was like during the Pyramid Age. Can you give us a ...