The project used Synthetic Aperture Radar tomography and involved scientists Corrado Malanga of the University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi of the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, who scanned the ...

Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid, it is hard to imagine that this monument—which remained the tallest building in the world until early in this century—was built in just under 30 years.

Egypt holds many secrets to its ancient past, and archaeologists may have discovered a new one hidden beneath the sands of ...

The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural ...

Scientists have discovered that ancient pyramids were not only built as final resting places for pharaohs but may have also functioned as power plants. During an experiment at the Great Pyramid of ...

Cairo's most popular attraction, the Pyramids of Giza, draw thousands of visitors every year. As one of the original Seven Wonders of the World, these pyramids have stood the test of time ...

A recent wave of viral reports claiming the discovery of a vast underground city beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids has been dismissed by leading Egyptologists as scientifically unfounded. The ...

"When we enlarge the images (in the future), we will reveal that underneath lies what can only be described as a true underground city," said Corrado Malanga of the University of Pisa in a statement.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest and oldest in Egypt, was built for the Pharoah Khufu around 2560 BC. Researchers spent two years studying the pyramid using muons - high-speed particles ...