The paper, published in the journal PLOS ONE on 5 August, posits that the iconic 4,500-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser was ...

A diagram shows what the building may have looked like originally. Archaeologists linked the ruins to the Caral civilization, ...

The Pyramid of Djoser is thought to have been built around 4,700 years ago as a funerary complex for Pharaoh Djoser of ancient Egypt's Third Dynasty. "We see it as a technological prototype ...

A diagram shows what the building may have looked like originally. Archaeologists linked the ruins to the Caral civilization, which lasted from 3000 to 1800 B.C., and their nearby ancient ...

A strange peak in the middle of the Amazon rainforest may actually be the largest pyramid ever built in the ancient world.. Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped formation is ...

A hidden corridor has been discovered within the Great Pyramid of Giza using cosmic rays. The corridor is 30 feet long and located near the entrance of the 4,500-year-old structure. It could lead ...

The history books generally point to 3200 B.C. as the approximate date when the pyramid of Khufu was under construction. But how exactly do Egyptologists date the pyramids?

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for ...

Engineers have a new theory on how Egypt's first pyramid was built A new study theorizes that ancient Egyptians constructed the world's first pyramid using much more advanced technology than some ...