High in the Tobacco Root Mountains of Montana, a wall of stone rises from the forest floor in clean, geometric tiers that ...

Ground-penetrating radar has helped archeologists identify buried wonders below the surface. Now, a study from Japanese and Egyptian researchers reveals the discovery of an L-shaped structure along ...

The Pyramids office buildings are being spruced up inside and out, with the exterior being stained a lighter color. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) Acquiring a half-century-old office park just inside the ...

Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

The pyramids in and around Giza have presented a fascinating puzzle for millennia. How did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using wheels? Why were these ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient ramp system in a 4,500-year-old quarry in Egypt that might explain how ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The sloping ramp lined with two staircases and ...