For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the ...

Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...

Go to the pyramids at Giza today, and you’ll see pollution blackened steppes surrounded by smog and sand. Some 4,000 years ago, the pyramids looked much nicer: They were covered in polished limestone, ...

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 ...

It’s hard to believe we have to publish this story, but here goes. You may have heard that Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson once claimed Egypt’s Great Pyramidswere built to store grain, ...

When it comes to exploring ancient monuments like Egyptian pyramids, classic chisels and soft-bristled brush are the excavation tools that come to mind. But for archaeologists, these tools still carry ...