Cosmic rays, born from distant exploding stars, produce muons that shower Earth and penetrate stone like ghosts. These ...

More than 4,500 years after it was built, the Great Pyramid of Giza is still surprising scientists. In a discovery announced ...

We all know what Egypt’s pyramids look like on the outside, but what do they look like on the inside? Narrow passageways, spacious chambers and steep galleries make up the bulk of the interior layouts ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three famous ...

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 ...

See also related article by Jean-François Augereau, "Will the Great Pyramid yield up its secrets?" Manchester guardian weekly (September 14, 1986, page 12 (VF-- Art, Egypt).

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 ...

Recent excavations at a pyramid in Mexico confirm it once served as a ceremonial center, officials said. Photo from INAH More than 3,000 years ago, a series of stone pyramids were constructed in the ...