The pyramids of Egypt have never lacked for mysteries, but a new wave of research is reframing them as part of a vast ...

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The construction of the Great Pyramid in Egypt has long remained a mystery to archaeologists, because ancient texts did not ...

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The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

The story of the highly skilled workers who helped build Egypt’s Great Pyramid is emerging from a papyrus cache unearthed at the world’s oldest harbor ...

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