A team of researchers has made an extraordinary claim – the existence of a vast underground city beneath Egypt’s iconic Giza pyramids. However, prominent archaeologists have swiftly and decisively ...
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Why the Giza pyramids were part-cased in granite

The pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure are often overshadowed by the Great Pyramid, but they contain a striking and unusual feature. Both were partially cased in granite rather than limestone. This video ...
The Khafre Pyramid is the second largest pyramid in the Pyramids of Giza complex. King Khafre (2558-2532 BC) built this pyramid next to his father Khufu's, and it's situated 33 feet (10m) higher on ...
A video of a stray dog scaling one of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt has gone viral on the internet. What began as a surprising sight for paragliders flying over the 4,500 year-old Pyramid of Khafre, ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During his trip to Egypt, Elisofon ...
There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...
The Pyramid of Giza rises from the desert sands and has sparked questions for centuries. People stand before it and instantly ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During his trip to Egypt, Elisofon ...