your mind probably jumps to Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza. But did you know that the world’s largest collection of pyramids isn’t found in Egypt at all? Just south of the famous Nile Valley ...

When we think of Egypt, its great pyramids often come to mind. But, it turns out, that world's largest pyramid is nowhere near Egypt. And it's actually ridiculously hard to find if you don't know ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt ...

Mark Lehner and Zahi Hawass write of Khafre: "He was, after all, perhaps the greatest maker of statues of the Pyramid Age. There are emplacements in his pyramid temples for 58 statues, including ...

At more than 200 feet tall, the structure is one of the largest pyramids of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Those who want to climb to the top can pause for breaks at the pyramid's five ...

The Egyptian priests theorised that after death, a person’s soul, called ka, goes beyond the mountains to the west; to the land of Osiris, the ruler of the living and the dead. The Pyramids of ...