The Giza Pyramids, built to endure an eternity, have done just that. The monumental tombs are relics of Egypt's Old Kingdom era and were constructed some 4,500 years ago.. Egypt's pharaohs ...

Great Pyramids of Giza. Okay, this one might be cheating just a bit. The Giza pyramid complex is home to multiple pyramids not to mention the Sphinx. The most recognizable and well-known of them ...

Most striking is the famous Step Pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. by Djoser, the Old Kingdom pharaoh who launched the tradition of constructing pyramids as monumental royal tombs.

You have tombs of the workmen who built the pyramids that we found, with at least 30 titles that have been found on them to connect the Great Pyramid of Khufu to Dynasty 4. You have the bakery ...

Egypt unveils tombs and sarcophagus in new excavation The artifacts were found beneath an ancient stone enclosure near the Saqqara pyramids and date back to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the ...

These mighty pyramids were built by one of Africa’s earliest civilizations. The mysterious rulers of Nubia, in present-day Sudan, erected hundreds of tombs and temples that rival Cairo’s.

From this, the team deduced that “pyramid tombs, once thought to be the final resting place of the most elite, may have also included low-status high-labor staff,” per the study. 3.

The tomb is 5,200 years old - older than the Great Pyramid of Giza - and is also renowned for a winter solstice phenomenon ...