Emerging evidence suggests that Gunung Padang, a megalithic site in West Java, Indonesia, may be the world’s oldest pyramid, dating back 25,000 years. If true, this revelation could rewrite human ...

Journey back four and a half thousand years to Egypt's Old Kingdom, to the Pyramid Age. As the vizier, or head of state, you are about to undertake the building of the king's pyramid.

Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid, it is hard to imagine that this monument—which remained the tallest building in the world until early in this century—was built in just under 30 years.

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial tombs for the most important people in their society, the pharaohs. Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in ...