The pyramids at Giza are usually described as the ultimate building project, millions of blocks stacked skyward by sheer human effort. A growing fringe of researchers and online theorists is now ...

Every few years, someone comes up with a new "this is how the pyramids were built" theory. In addition to aliens or long-forgotten super technologies, many theories rely on unfeasible ramps that'd ...

It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, positing that they used a pulley and counterweight system to erect it so ...

Many building techniques have been around for centuries, if not millennia. And when it comes to determining which construction technique and what type of materials to use, budgets have played a ...

A new, non-peer-reviewed report argues that Egypt’s Great Pyramid may be far older than the familiar Old Kingdom timeline, proposing an age in the order of tens of thousands of years. The claim hinges ...

After using the "Relative Erosion Method" to uncover how old the Great Pyramid of Giza is, Alberto Donini suggests it may date to 22916 B.C.E.

1. Mountains of the sun -- 2. Egypt -- 3. Early monuments -- 4. Step pyramids -- 5. The true pyramid -- 6. The gnomon -- 7. Orientation -- 8. Preparing the site -- 9 ...