Cosmic rays, born from distant exploding stars, produce muons that shower Earth and penetrate stone like ghosts. These ...

Everyone’s favorite late ‘90s adventure flick, The Mummy, follows Rick O’Connel (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) on an ad hoc Egyptian expedition. They are in search of the solid ...

For the first time since it was sealed around 4,500 years ago, scientists have peered into a hidden passage inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, revealing a roughly 30‑foot corridor tucked behind the ...

We all know what Egypt’s pyramids look like on the outside, but what do they look like on the inside? Narrow passageways, spacious chambers and steep galleries make up the bulk of the interior layouts ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, or Khufu’s Pyramid, named for the second king of Egypt’s fourth dynasty, was built over 4,000 years ago but remains the idyllic symbol of Egyptian history and architectural ...

*** new discovery of *** very old mummy has been found in Egypt. The new tombs were discovered near the pyramids of Giza, and the Mummy is believed to be at least 4300 years old. The mummy's name was ...

A team of researchers has discovered a mysterious 30-foot-long cavity inside Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza. Also called the Khufu Pyramid, the structure is the oldest of the seven wonders of the ...

The pyramid, built for Pharaoh Sneferu around 2,600 BC, was built "bent" because the ground underneath wasn't stable.

Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago.The ...