In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

One tweet was all it took for Elon Musk to send historians and archaeologists into meltdown. His playful claim that aliens built the pyramids turned into a viral storm that blurred the line between ...

A new study suggests that the Step Pyramid of Djoser may have been built using a system way ahead of its time.

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 ...

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: ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

The Neolithic Age may be something of a misnomer, falsely offering stone rather than perishable wood as the period’s primary building material, but its monumental architectures sure make a compelling ...