Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

The construction of Egyptian pyramids has been a source of endless wonder and debate, capturing the imagination of historians, archaeologists, and just about everyone else. These huge structures, like ...

1. Mountains of the sun -- 2. Egypt -- 3. Early monuments -- 4. Step pyramids -- 5. The true pyramid -- 6. The gnomon -- 7. Orientation -- 8. Preparing the site -- 9 ...

A vast $1bn museum billed as the world’s largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo on Saturday, November 1, after countless delays over the course of ...