The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

Reports emerging in March 2025 have drawn attention to fresh claims about hidden structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre on the Giza plateau. An Italy-based research group, working with satellite ...

Venture to the windswept sands of Saqqara, home to the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the world's first monumental stone structure ...

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: ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step Pyramid of ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once ...

Kirsty Masterman discovers a wealth of history – and Cairo’s famous street food – in the Egyptian capital.

How to do a bucket-list trip to Cairo, including Giza Pyramids and Grand Egyptian Museum - Kirsty Masterman enjoys a culture-packed tour of the Egyptian capital, Cairo ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza might get all the headlines, but it wasn't humanity’s first monumental effort. Long before pharaohs were stacking limestone in Egypt, people across the world were carving ...