The Great Pyramid has seen the rise and fall of powerful dynasties for 4,600 years. It was built as a tomb for the Fourth ...

See how Egyptian engineers might have used water to shape history’s greatest monuments.

The Great Pyramid rarely rewards a simple answer. A newly characterized corridor behind its northern chevron has done the opposite of closing a mystery: it has sharpened a much larger engineering ...

A monument studied for centuries is still withholding some of its engineering logic. The Great Pyramid of Khufu has long ...

CHICAGO, IL – Rajan Hooda, at the University of Chicago, has unveiled a groundbreaking theory on how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids, providing new insights into one of history’s greatest ...

For 50 years, Rajan Hooda, MBA ’88, PhD ’90, has been obsessed with a mystery that has baffled archaeologists, architects, and engineers for centuries: How did the ancient Egyptians build the Great ...

Not just any pyramid, but what Osmanagich calls the Pyramid of the Moon, the world's largest—and oldest—step pyramid. Looming above the opposite side of town is the so-called Pyramid of the Sun—also ...

The journey begins with a search for answers about the missing body of Pharaoh Khufu. The journey begins with a search for answers about the missing body of Pharaoh Khufu, the man behind the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.