While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid ... told the journal Nature that there is no clear evidence to suggest the buried layers ...

Their findings revealed evidence of a buried “pyramid-like” structure with “complex, multi-layered and extensive ancient constructions,” the study said.

Historians have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were constructed primarily for royals and high-status individuals—those with the money and power required to build such grand structures.

When people think about Egyptian discoveries, they often conjure images of pharaohs and high-ranking officials, their tombs ...

All three of Giza's famed pyramids and their elaborate burial complexes were built during a frenetic period of construction, from roughly 2550 to 2490 B.C.

Nubian pyramids in the Sudan. “If these hard-working individuals are indeed of lower socioeconomic status, this counters the traditional narrative that the elite were exclusively buried in ...

A vast, prehistoric city buried beneath the Pyramids of Giza. It’s an extraordinary claim. But a group of Italian researchers claim they have the requisite extraordinary evidence.

Put another way, the pyramids weren't just for the rich; lower-class laborers were buried alongside the elite, the study authors proposed. Previously, it was believed that pyramids were built for ...

A Mexican highway project revealed an ancient pyramid buried beneath the road. Crews uncovered a pre-Hispanic pyramid that dips below an existing roadway in central-eastern Mexico. While briefly ...

Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco is unveiling a lobby exhibition featuring a recently discovered 1974 time capsule, recovered from the site last year during renovations. (Nikki Richter) The ...