Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...

The mathematics encoded in the Great Pyramid pointed to a level of precision that shouldn’t have existed in the ancient world. Its original height and base, measured in royal cubits, produced the ...

Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

The U.N.'s cultural agency has listed Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling among 67 traditions honored its list of ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

The museum campus – the largest devoted to a single civilisation – took more than 20 years to build. Read more at ...

For five short December days each year, sunlight pierces the heart of Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old tomb whose perfect ...

13:00 The tournament will be held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021 at four venues: The Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall, The New ...

New imaging data uncovered two concealed voids in the Menkaure Pyramid, offering strong evidence for a potential second entrance.

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has been heralded as one of the biggest cultural openings of the year. Located near the Pyramids of ...