Cosmic rays, born from distant exploding stars, produce muons that shower Earth and penetrate stone like ghosts. These ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a number of previously undocumented storage rooms within Egyptian pharaoh Sahura’s pyramid that may hold treasures from ancient royals. As part of a conservation and ...

For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great ...

The location of the entrance to Egypt's 'floating' pyramid stumped archaeologists for years, but the nearby village is the ...

The rubbly exterior of Sahura's pyramid juxtaposed with the recently cleared and restored chambers (all images courtesy Mohamed Ismail Khaled) A team of Egyptian and German researchers led by Mohamed ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a village with remains that predate the pharaohs by around 2,000 years. Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities said that the Neolithic site was discovered in Tell ...

Completed around 2500 B.C. for Pharaoh Khufu, this pyramid contains “the first granite burial chamber in the history of ancient Egypt,” says Kawae, noting that experts believe building this ...

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The Bent Pyramid of Snefru in the Dahshur Necropolis. DeAgostini/Getty Images At the necropolis of Dahshūr, an ancient Egyptian burial site on the west bank of the Nile, stands an odd-looking pyramid ...