Antiquities directors and curators share their personal stories of the chaos and looting that have devastated their lives and ...

Before the emergence of the Kerma Culture in the Bronze Age, the Pre-Kerma Culture thrived between 3700 and 3250 BCE, marked by unique burial practices including the Speos, a temple or tomb carved ...

Sudan The Meroe Pyramids in Sudan. Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Khartoum, Sudan, is where the Blue and White Niles meet.

Cairo's most popular attraction, the Pyramids of Giza, draws thousands of visitors every year. As one of the original Seven Wonders of the World, these pyramids have stood the test of time ...

Meroë Marston Morse joined Polaroid just weeks after graduating from Smith College—and quickly rose to become one of the iconic company's most visionary leaders. She's seen here in a test ...

Some 2.5 million people visit the Pyramids of Giza each year with hopes of an epic experience befitting one of the World’s Seven Wonders. But for decades, a trip to Egypt’s most famous tourist ...

Port Sudan, June 10, 2025 (SUNA) - Prime Ministers of Egypt and Sudan held a phone call, during which Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly expressed his greetings and congratulations to ...

Scientists just confirmed a 30-foot void first detected inside the monument years ago. Here’s the technology that helped scientists find it—and what it may have been used for.

This time it’s under the smallest of the three Great Pyramids, that of Menkaure. The first set, announced in 2022, was under the Pyramid of Khafre (Cheops). Satellite image of the Giza plateau.

The Great Pyramid is composed of over 2.3 million blocks of limestone and granite, each weighing a staggering two tons. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 3.0) The answer may lie in the land itself.