Explore the story behind Egypt’s mysterious Black Pyramid, built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III. Once a grand project, it ended in ...

Built over 4,500 years ago for Pharaoh Khufu, the Great Pyramid of Giza has stood as one of humanity’s most iconic and ...

was the first pyramid the Egyptians ever built. The ancient Egyptian pharaoh that gave the pyramid its name, Djoser, sometimes spelled Zoser (though he was actually called Netjerykhet) ruled ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza—built for the Pharaoh Khufu and finished around 2560 BCE—is the only marvel of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still intact. And the rest of the ...

Behind rises the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the tallest of Giza’s structures, topping out at 450 feet. With the body of a lion and the face of a king, the Great Sphinx has become an instantly ...

Standing at the base of the pyramids at Giza it is hard to believe that any of these enormous monuments could have been built in one pharaoh's lifetime. Herodotus, the Greek historian who wrote in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The pharaoh had his funerary pyramid erected in the Abusir complex, diverging from the necropolises where his predecessors’ pyramids stood in Saqqara and Giza. Standing at 154 feet tall ...

The Pyramid of Khufu, also called the Great Pyramid of Giza, is named for its builder, a 4th Dynasty pharaoh. The pyramid, which is located about 11 miles from Cairo's center, is the largest of ...

The 2,300-year-old royal tomb of a Kushite king appears nearly untouched—and submerged in rising groundwater. What’s an archaeologist to do? With more than 20 ancient pyramids sprawling across ...

Intertwined with Egypt's history are the stories of King Tutankhamun and the erection of the pyramids of Giza. Though "ancient" is a relative term that may differ from person to person ...