Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock rejoins WIRED to break down five discoveries that tell us exactly how the Egyptian ...

Ancient Egypt tech reveals how the Great Pyramids were actually built ...

For decades, the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza has sparked one of history's biggest mysteries and plenty of wild theories. From secret lost civilizations to alien intervention, many people ...

Using 3-D models, one archaeologist is recording the structures’ exact measurements.

Researchers believe workers relied on interior ramps to build up the pyramids (Image: Getty) A new study suggest a method of construction using a hidden ramp (Image: Getty) Researchers in a new study ...

THE EGYPTIANS might have built the pyramids using kites. It seems like a ridiculous idea, but an aeronautics professor at the California Institute of Technology has proved that it could nonetheless be ...

Two 5,000-year-old tombs recently unearthed at Jabal al-Tayr, Egypt, resemble the royal tomb of King Hor-Den at Abydos. The tombs’ construction suggests their builders understood structural ...

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...