How did the ancient Egyptians really build the pyramids? 🏺 Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the science, engineering, and ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Fresh research on an ancient—and now lost—branch of the Nile River shows how ...

"Landreau et al. estimate that Egyptian builders could have captured between 4 million and 54 cubic meters of water over the two or three decades it took to complete the Step Pyramid." "Landreau et al ...

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the ...

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

The pyramids in and around Giza have presented a fascinating puzzle for millennia. How did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using wheels? Why were these ...

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 ...

How an ancient civilization was able to build such large structures without the assistance of modern technology has baffled the world for generations. And while the popular theory that they were ...

But Herodotus visited the pyramids 2,700 years after they were built and his impressive figure was an educated guess, based on hearsay. Modern Egyptologists believe the real number is closer to 20,000 ...

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 ...