Dr. Zahi Hawass says builders were not slaves; they wouldn't have been buried 'in the shadow of the pyramids'.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed hidden inscriptions inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid which could reveal who built the iconic ...

DNA of an ancient Egyptian man reveals Mesopotamian ancestry, and genetic study provides insight into cultural exchanges in ...

Discover details about the Great Pyramid of Giza, including who built it, its construction period, dimensions, materials, and ...

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.

An artist’s reconstruction of the now defunct Khufu branch of the Nile River, which once enabled transportation of construction materials to the Giza Pyramid complex. Alex Boersma/PNAS.

Pyramid port. The Wadi al-Jarf site consists of several different areas, spread over several miles between the Nile and the Red Sea. From the direction of the Nile, the first area, about three ...

The Pyramids of Khufu, left, and Khafre looming in Egypt. Scientists reconstructed the 8,000-year rise and fall of the Khufu Branch of the Nile River, a tributary no longer in existence.

The Pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis archaeological site, Egypt. The pyramid is thought to be the oldest in Egypt, with its construction dating back to around 4,700 years ago.

It was the first pyramid to be built and, standing at over 60m (200 ft) tall, it inspired the construction of larger pyramids in the following Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Dynasties of ancient Egypt.