A digital reconstruction of a Giza pyramid by Australian insurance company Budget Direct. The Egyptian pyramids erupting from the sands at Giza are a testament to human ingenuity and engineering.

Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...

Archaeology workers dig Tuesday at the site of a newly discovered pyramid, the base of which is seen center-left, at Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass announced the ...

The Great Pyramid’s perfection on the outside hides a very different story on the inside. Beneath the fine limestone casing and well-cut outer blocks lies a mass of irregular stone and rubble, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During his trip to Egypt, Elisofon ...

A stone from an Ancient Egyptian pyramid, set to go on display at Scotland's national museum, is at the centre of a diplomatic row after the Egyptian government said it may have been illegally ...

One hundred thousand slaves tug multi-ton blocks across the desert. A complicated series of pulleys lifts each hand-cut stone into the perfect place. This is history’s image of ancient Egyptian ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, ...