Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the last remaining Wonder of the Ancient World and mystery still surrounds it to this day. The ...

A remarkable discovery within the Great Pyramid of Giza could potentially reshape our understanding of ancient Egypt, one of the country’s most renowned Egyptologists has said. The claims were made by ...

The Khufu Pyramid, also known as the Great Pyramid, is the largest and arguably most famous of the three pyramids at Giza. New research, however, has shed intriguing light on the secrets of its ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza—the largest of Egypt’s pyramids—consists of about 2.3 million limestone blocks. The smallest of these weigh two tons, while the largest weigh over 60. History says laborers ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza. Credit: Douwe C. van der Zee / CC BY-SA 4.0 One of history’s oldest architectural puzzles may now have a clear answer. A new study by Simon Andreas Scheuring, a scientist at ...

Mesoamerica is home to a number of pyramids. Some of these pyramids are quite well-known, whilst others are much more obscure. Despite being recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest ...