There is good and bad news for those planning to visit Egypt this summer to explore the Pyramids of Giza. While the largest pyramid, Khufu, remains closed for maintenance, there’s a silver lining. The ...
Egypt's antiquities chief announced a project to restore an ancient pyramid's granite cladding. He called it "Egypt's gift to the world," gesturing to work apparently already begun. But some heritage ...
Cairo — Just weeks after an Egyptian-Japanese archaeological team announced an ambitious project to reconstruct the outer granite casing of the pyramid of King Menkaure, the smallest of the three main ...
Archaeologists have discovered two hidden voids inside the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza, Egypt, potentially offering clues about a long-sought lost entrance to the ancient tomb. The Pyramid of Menkaure ...
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 ...
Cairo — Archaeologists have launched a huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago. An Egyptian ...
Egyptian officials canceled their plans to renovate the pyramid of Menkaure last week, citing preservation-related concerns over the project. Officials planned to install cladding made of ancient ...
From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...
ONE of Egypt’s most famous pyramids may be hiding a secret second entrance, according to experts who have spotted mysterious “anomalies”. The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main ...
It was to be “the project of the century,” but a plan to restore one of the three pyramids of Giza with ancient stones has been scrapped. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of ...
A team of researchers studying the pyramids of Giza using non-invasive techniques believes they have identified two new "anomalies" in the Menkaure Pyramid. The Menkaure Pyramid, built for Pharaoh ...