Morning Overview on MSN

The Great Pyramid points to true north within a fraction of a degree, and no one wrote down how

The Great Pyramid of Giza sits on a 13-acre base aligned to true north within a fraction of a degree. Builders working more ...
Morning Overview on MSN

The Great Pyramid’s blocks fit so tightly you cannot slip a playing card between them

Surviving casing stones on the Great Pyramid of Giza lock together with joints averaging just 0.5 millimeters wide, a gap ...

An Anti-Indiana Jones is Solving the Pyramids’ Secrets

Using 3-D models, one archaeologist is recording the structures’ exact measurements.

The Great Pyramid was not built by slaves. Instead, it was built by paid workers who drank beer, ate meat, received medical care and were buried with honour

For decades, pop-culture like Hollywood blockbusters and classical history books, has painted a harsh picture of the Great ...
Ancient Origins

Dams Near Egypt's Red Pyramid Point to Hydraulic Construction Method

New research suggests that the two large structures near the Red Pyramid site at Dahshur, Egypt, are parts of an ancient dam, ...