What is the purpose of these shafts? Such questions have tantalized travelers to Egypt for thousands of years. Important discoveries are still being made around the Great Pyramid area, opening up ...

Even with all these findings, the Great Pyramid is still full of mysteries. Why was the "Big Void" built? What was the purpose of the North Face Corridor? And what lies beneath the L-shaped ...

For all that the pyramids have been dug ... which provided a glimpse into the daily lives of ancient people. The purpose of archaeology, Kawae says, is “to record everything about the past ...

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial tombs for the most important people in their society, the pharaohs. Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in ...