Aided by citizen scientist volunteers, the researchers have located an enormous pyramid that dates back to the Ptolemaic era, when Israel was ruled by a dynasty of pharaohs. “What we have here is one ...

Known as the Khufu Boats, the two vessels are thought to have been interred in honor of the pharaoh who built the iconic ...

People might claim that the Egyptian pyramids were built by aliens, or even the inhabitants of Atlantis. But that's not true — they were built by people thousands of years ago. A pharaoh named ...

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're ...

An astronomical event may have marked the end of one of the most emblematic dynasties of ancient Egypt. A total solar eclipse ...

While the pyramids have long been thought to be the burial place of society’s most elite members such as pharaohs and other aristocrats, Dutch and American archaeologists discovered skeletons ...

The largest pyramid complex belonged to Siamun, the sixth pharaoh of Egypt during the 21st Dynasty (lasting from 1077 BC to 943 BC). This pyramid included a large chapel courtyard and was ...

cobalt88/Shutterstock The Great Pyramids of Giza complex consists of three pyramids, each named after the king they contained: Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. The Khufu Pyramid is the largest of the three ...