Around 1,500 years ago, a powerful volcanic eruption laid waste to what is now El Salvador, sending the Maya civilization into a temporary period of decline. New research suggests a monumental pyramid ...

Claims that a “world’s oldest pyramid” has been found in Indonesia have raced around social media, promising a 25,000-year ...

When you picture Egypt's pyramids rising over the country's sands, your vision likely doesn't include water. It should, according to a new study published online Tuesday. University of Amsterdam ...

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

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 ...

Scientists are plagued by a number of questions regarding ancient times. One of the most perplexing is how the ancient Egyptians moved the huge stones needed to build the pyramids. The stones were ...

Researchers believe a river running right up close to the Great Pyramid of Giza made getting the enormous stones to the site much easier, enabling construction of what was the world’s tallest ...

The sheer scale, symmetrical construction, and eternal steadfastness of King Khufu’s Pyramid on the Giza Plateau were the first things to capture the imagination of travelers—from the Greeks and ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only wonder of the ancient world that has survived to the present day. The tomb is attributed to Khufu or Cheops, pharaoh in ancient Egypt from 2,620 to 2,580 B.C.