The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

The ancient pyramid of Hellenikon in Greece has sparked controversy among researchers and archaeologists. Is it a pyramid or is it not?

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

Scientists may have just solved one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world after making a landmark new discovery in Egypt. For centuries, experts have puzzled over how the pyramids, including ...

How ancient builders raised the mighty pyramids still captures the curiosity of historians and scientists. Despite decades of digging, high-tech scanning, and countless theories, the puzzle remains: ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step Pyramid of ...

A new study suggests that the people of ancient southern China and Southeast Asia practiced mummification by curing bodies ...

Researchers explore a tunnel in Teotihuacan last accessed 1,800 years ago. April 28, 2013— -- Mexican archeologists discovered three previously unknown chambers under a pyramid in Teotihuacan, an ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and ...

When archaeologists study how ancient civilizations traveled, they can use evidence like wagons and stables and roads to understand how goods and people moved on land. But when they want to learn ...

Near Peru's coast lies Caral, which existed as Egyptians were building the pyramids, and is the first known ancient city of ...