History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

This week, there has been a lot of chatter in the weirder parts of the online world about the supposed discovery of a hidden complex of underground chambers beneath the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt ...

From the 30-meter unknown corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu (revealed in 2023, still being investigated) to the two air-filled voids detected behind the Menkaure pyramid in 2025, the pyramids ...

Some 31 pyramids in Egypt, including the Giza pyramid complex, may originally have been built along a 64-km-long branch of the river Nile which has long since been buried beneath farmland and desert.

From the glass atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the three great Pyramids of Giza are perfectly framed on the desert horizon. The architects designed it this way; a deliberate alignment connecting ...

For centuries, the Great Pyramid of Giza has been shrouded in mystery, with its origins tracing back to the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. However, a growing body of controversial evidence is ...

“Get Out There” is a column for itchy footed humans written by long-time Paste contributor Blake Snow. Although different now, travel is better than ever. Today we visit the oldest “Wonder of the ...

The journey begins with a search for answers about the missing body of Pharaoh Khufu. The journey begins with a search for answers about the missing body of Pharaoh Khufu, the man behind the most ...

More than 4,000 years after their construction, the pyramids at Giza in Egypt remain among the most recognizable ancient landscapes. When the Greek historian Herodotus wrote about their grandeur ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...