A group of archaeologists recently made a surprising discovery in a pyramid that has been buried underground for almost 4,000 ...

A striking formation rises from Antarctica’s icy expanse, its sharp lines cutting through the frozen landscape like a forgotten relic. Buried beneath layers of dense frost in the Ellsworth Mountains, ...

Egyptologists believe the chamber is 'unfinished' because Khufu suddenly decided he wanted his burial chamber to be higher in the pyramid, and ordered the workers to stop. Khafre's Pyramid follows ...

She walks to another, followed by three pyramid custodians, and points into the 25-foot hole with a tunnel to one side. Here, she says, looters exposed what might be a burial shaft. One custodian ...

Pyramids were built in Eygpt ... that 70 percent of them still lie buried underneath the ground. You never know what the sand will hide in the way of secrets.

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...

However, the interior rooms more resemble the Theban model: an entrance passage sloping down to just under the pyramid’s vertical access, then a shaft dropping to the burial chamber, which now ...

Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela and X. Martorell Workers cleaning overgrown bushes and trees from Chupacigarro archaeological site found an ancient pyramid-like building, officials said. Photo from ...

Although he had returned to Nubia after conquering Egypt, he wished to be buried in the Egyptian style, a request his subjects granted. Entombed in a pyramid, Piye was the first pharaoh in more ...

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial tombs for the most important people in their society, the pharaohs. Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in ...

It was my job to guide into position the great granite blocks to make the roof of the king's burial chamber. This holy chamber was the centre of the pyramid - its purpose. And it was my honour to ...