The Great Pyramid has always invited audacious explanations, from alien architects to supernatural levitation. Now a cluster of new engineering studies is pushing aside the fringe ideas and replacing ...

The pyramids may have been built using a sophisticated hydraulic system, according to a new study in Egypt. Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at ...

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.

In addition, the researchers also presented a new perspective on the antechamber.

Ancient Egypt. Pyramids. A video for KS2 pupils exploring pyramids in Ancient Egypt - their construction, purpose and the ways they evolved. BBC Teach.

Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

Looking at erosion on the pyramid, the study suggests that it may have been built around 22,916 BCE. But you shouldn't ...

The pyramids of Egypt are history’s ultimate “wait, that can’t be real” achievements. These ancient wonders were built thousands of years ago, yet they remain taller, heavier, and way more mysterious ...

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...