Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

The pyramid of Djoser, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630-2611 BCE (photo by Vincent Brown via Flickr) After nearly 14 years of closure and a $6.6 million restoration, Egypt’s oldest standing pyramid is now open ...

When you look at the world’s oldest tourist sites, their survival often feels improbable. Many of these places were built ...

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...

Not just any pyramid, but what Osmanagich calls the Pyramid of the Moon, the world's largest—and oldest—step pyramid. Looming above the opposite side of town is the so-called Pyramid of the Sun—also ...