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There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza has guarded its secrets for more than 4,500 years, yet a cavity hidden just behind its northern ...

After two decades under construction, Egypt has officially thrown open the doors to the largest archeological museum in the world, spanning 94 football fields (5.4 million sq ft or 500,000 sq m) and ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, decades in the making, is part of plans to draw more tourists to Egypt — Khaled DESOUKI Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, ...

King Snefru's son went on to build the Great Pyramid at Giza. For the second time in less than two weeks, Egypt government officials on Saturday opened a new pyramid to the public, welcoming visitors ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...