Now, an important part of the mystery of the Egyptian pyramids may have been ... structures could have been built along a long-lost branch of the river Nile. And it could help explain why they ...

Many of the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built along a now extinct branch of the river Nile, geological surveys have revealed. This could explain why these pyramids, including the famed Great ...

Among the greatest marvels of Ancient Egypt is the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, the last remaining of the seven wonders of ...

both of which in olden days would have stood on the edge of the Nile. (A change in the river's course has left it farther east today.) Visitors take a ride below the Khafre Pyramid. You start ...

For centuries, scientists believed that only the elite were buried in pyramids. But a surprising recent discovery ... Around 3,500 years ago, the ancient town of Tombos sat along the Nile River in a ...

NEW secrets have been revealed about what lies below Egypt’s pyramids after scientists said they found an ancient city buried ...

A recent study led by Italian researchers Filippo Biondi of the University of Strathclyde and Corrado Malanga of the University of Pisa has generated significant interest worldwide. On 23 March, ...

It was located along the River Nile in north-east Africa ... The pen is mightier than the sword. The pyramids are giant tombs. Each side is a triangle, and they meet in a point at the top.

Before looking closely at pharaonic society and the beginning of the Pyramid Age ... desert meet the fertile silt-laden soils along the Nile—a river that provides a source of life for the ...

At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid ...