On the northeastern edge of the Giza Plateau, I discovered three perfectly cut shafts hidden beneath the sands. They sit in the triangle between the Great Sphinx, Khufu's Pyramid and Khafre's Pyramid, ...

Fresh scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed hidden internal voids that may line up with an unknown passageway, raising the possibility that a long-concealed entrance is ...

Recent scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed something remarkable: two previously unknown cavities. Researchers with the ScanPyramids project used non-destructive methods ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

At the dawn of the consumer robotics era, National Geographic TV producers plumbed ancient secrets with help from this ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, a massive limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a human, has long represented the power of ancient Egypt. Sitting near the pyramids, it has watched over ...

The Pyramids of Giza sit about 11 miles southwest of downtown Cairo on the Giza Plateau. The pyramids are open daily from 7 a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In the shadows of the Great Pyramid of Khufu and the almost equally imposing pyramid of his son Khafre ...