A plan to cover a Giza pyramid with granite cladding has been called “absurd” after its proponents promised it would deliver “a gift from Egypt to the world”. The project aims to restore the Pyramid ...

In another time, it might be called “Extreme Makeover: Pyramid Edition.” Knewz.com has learned one of the famous pyramids in Egypt is receiving a 21st-century upgrade. But as with many changes, ...

The Menkaure Pyramid Review Committee (MPRC) has unanimously rejected a plan to restore the granite casing blocks scattered around the base of the smallest of three Pyramids of Giza for thousands of ...

Every BlackBerry smartphone user knows the game Brick Breaker. New to the BlackBerry PlayBook is Blocks of Pyramid 2 which is the same concept but just 1000 times better. As you would expect you ...

An Egyptian renovation that will see a pyramid clad in granite blocks has been likened to 'straightening the Tower of Pisa' by experts. Work at Egypt's Menkaure pyramid at Giza shown in a video of the ...

Found on the coast of the Red Sea in Egypt, a stash of 4,500-year-old papyri recount the daily life of an Egyptian official responsible for transporting blocks for the Pyramid of Khufu. This ...

The pyramids of Egypt were constructed using millions and millions of large, granite and limestone blocks, some of which weighed between 25 and 80 tons. Reuters There are an estimated 2.3 million ...

Located on the Giza Plateau, the magnificent structure is believed to have been constructed roughly 4,500 years ago for the Pharaoh Khufu. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it is the only ...

In research that may help bridge the divide between the nano and the macro, chemists have used pyramid-shaped nanoparticles to create what might be the most complex macroscale superstructure ever ...