The Great Pyramid of Giza stood as the tallest structure on Earth for nearly 4,000 years—and we still don’t know exactly how it was built. With 2.3 million stone blocks, some weighing up to 50 tons, ...

In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.

Deep beneath the Great Pyramid lie narrow, mysterious shafts that have puzzled researchers for decades. What were they built for—and what secrets might they still hold? Explore the hidden engineering ...

Blasting meteorite samples with CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, the team found that the material "became stronger". That ...

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

After using the "Relative Erosion Method" to uncover how old the Great Pyramid of Giza is, Alberto Donini suggests it may date to 22916 B.C.E.

Who knew that ancient Egypt was full of mysteries and weird facts that continue to puzzle people to this very day?

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

An engineer's erosion study of the Great Pyramid throws Egyptology into doubt. What if it's 20,000 years older?

A team of scientists have shared a complete model of a hidden megastructure deep below Egypt's Giza pyramids, which they suggested was built by a lost civilization.

A woman visiting Egypt found herself overwhelmed inside one of the world’s most famous ancient structures, capturing the moment in a social-media video that has since gathered growing attention online ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...