A peer-reviewed study has proposed that ancient Egyptians may have used a water-powered lifting system to build the Step ...

How ancient builders raised the mighty pyramids still captures the curiosity of historians and scientists. Despite decades of digging, high-tech scanning, and countless theories, the puzzle remains: ...

Claims that a second, massive Sphinx statue lies buried beneath the sands of Egypt’s Giza Plateau have gone viral, drawing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After two decades and an estimated cost of $1bn, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, just a ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

One of the defining aspects of the recen tly unveiled $250 million first-phase makeover of San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid complex was the meticulous refurbishing of public spaces around the ...