Pyramids

'New chapter in the history of the pharaohs': Zahi Hawass teases 2026 Great Pyramid reveal

Egyptologist Zahi Hawass said advanced scanning and robotic tools opened hidden spaces and predicted "a great archaeological discovery that will write a new chapter in the history of the pharaohs".

A panoramic view of the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt,
Pyramids.

Spanish tourist rescued after fall 80 meters inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid

Step pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara.

Imhotep's masterpiece: The secrets behind Pharaoh Djoser's step pyramid

Archaeologists discover 5,500-year-old 'pyramids of Poland' older than Egyptian pyramids.

‘Tombs of the giants’: 5,500-year-old 'pyramids of Poland' predate Egyptian pyramids


How were the Great Pyramids of Egypt built? - explainer

How were the Great Pyramids built? It turns out, science and history has a lot of the answers. 

 The sun rises behind the Pyramids in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, June 16, 2023.

Being an ancient Egyptian scribe had serious health repercussions, study finds

Pyramid scheme? Turns out being an elite Egyptian scribe had a lot of drawbacks.

Painting from the tomb of Nebamun show the New Kingdom period accountant Nebamun hunting birds in the marshes of Egypt.

Ancient tomb with rare inscriptions discovered in Egypt

The tomb dates back to the country’s Old Kingdom (c. 2700 BCE - c. 2200 BCE) more than 4,000 years ago. 

A man waits for tourists to rent his camels in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza last month.

Egypt’s pyramids continue stunning experts, as new hidden rooms discovered

New rooms were discovered in the Sahura’s Pyramid.

From left to right: Exterior view of the pyramid. A passage secured with steel beams. One of the discovered storage rooms.

Antarctic pyramid-shaped structure under ice sheets sparks curiosity

Theorists can spin this discovery as anything they want, though expert geologists believe it is just a mountain.

 ANTARCTICA – a  raw, pristine, natural, protected and cherished environment.

Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle

The city includes large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with "imposing buildings" and other structures arranged in almost-concentric circles.

Sculpted Column from the Ancient Maya site of Oxkintok, Yucatan, Mexico.

Hidden corridor discovered in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza

The unfinished corridor was likely built to relieve the weight of the pyramid on either the main entrance, seven meters below.

 View of the Great Pyramids of Giza during  the fourth annual Pyramids Half Marathon named "Race Through History" in 2022, in Giza, Egypt December 10, 2022.

How did ancient Egyptians build the pyramids if ancient Israelites didn't?

A team of Egyptian and French researchers has found evidence of a tributary of the Nile called the Khufu branch that dried up centuries ago but used to connect the desert and to the Giza plateau.

 An artist’s reconstruction of the now defunct Khufu branch of the Nile River

The Mayans may have turned dead important people into balls for games

A crypt found in a Mayan pyramid contained 400 vessels filled with human ash mixed with rubber and roots.

 A Mayan pyramid in Tonina

Tourists offered glimpse of rural life near Egypt's pyramids

The scheme takes visitors to a verdant strip of farmland thick with palm trees that runs south of the Giza pyramids, between the lesser known pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshur and the western bank of the Nile.

A man waits for tourists to rent his camels in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza last month.