Long before the pyramids or the pharaohs of legend, there was a ruler known only by one name — the Scorpion King. Archaeologists believe King Scorpion II may have been among Egypt’s very first kings, ...

For thousands of years, the pyramids of Egypt have stood as the ultimate engineering mystery. Without cranes, engines, or steel tools, ancient builders raised millions of massive stones into precise ...

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 ...

Thousands of years and conspiracies have all led to this: the Great Pyramid of Giza may have been built using the basic ...

The pyramid was first discovered by a British archaeologist in 1889. Cairo, Egypt -- A roughly 4,000-year-old mud-brick Egyptian pyramid is opening to the public for the first time this week, ...