For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up to 4,800 years ago – right when the first pyramids were being built. The ...

Too soon to say if they may indicate undiscovered secret chambers, experts say. — -- While the discovery of "thermal anomalies" at Egypt's Giza pyramids by an international group of scientists ...

On the northeastern edge of the Giza Plateau, I discovered three perfectly cut shafts hidden beneath the sands. They sit in the triangle between the Great Sphinx, Khufu's Pyramid and Khafre's Pyramid, ...

New secret chambers have been uncovered inside a 4,400-year-old ancient Egyptian pyramid. When many of us think of Egypt, the iconic landscape of the ancient pyramids is one of the first things that ...

Recent scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed something remarkable: two previously unknown cavities. Researchers with the ScanPyramids project used non-destructive methods ...

The Secret of the Great Pyramid moves between the ancient and the modern. The ancient story chronicles, step-by-step, how a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age could construct ...

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 ...