Egypt's antiquities chief announced a project to restore an ancient pyramid's granite cladding. He called it "Egypt's gift to the world," gesturing to work apparently already begun. But some heritage ...

Beneath the Lahun pyramid sits a granite chamber containing what may be the most precisely made granite object ever found in Egypt. Flinders Petrie measured this box and described mechanical level ...

A plan to cover a Giza pyramid with granite cladding has been called “absurd” after its proponents promised it would deliver “a gift from Egypt to the world”. The project aims to restore the Pyramid ...

A study has shown evidence that Egypt's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, may have been built using hydraulic power, with signs of water facilities.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has partnered with Egyptian and Japanese archaeologists to restore the missing outer layer of one of the pyramids of Giza. The project aims to cover ...

Hidden Chambers Keep Revealing Themselves Hidden Chambers Keep Revealing Themselves (Image Credits: Unsplash) In 2023, ScanPyramids discovered a previously hidden corridor within the Great Pyramid of ...

A project to restore granite blocks that once covered a greater portion of the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza has been criticized by some preservationists. By Julia Halperin When the Egyptian authorities ...