Many of the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built along a now extinct branch of the river Nile, geological surveys have revealed. This could explain why these pyramids, including the famed Great ...

Thirty-one different Egyptian pyramids appear to have been built along a branch of the Nile River that dried up millennia ago, according to new research published today in Communications Earth & ...

The mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and engineers for centuries. While theories have ranged from massive labor forces to the use of ramps ...

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 ...

(CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the ...

New research has led scientists to believe that Egypt’s ancient pyramids were built along a long-lost branch of the River Nile. The team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has claimed ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the ...

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 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt. Built ...