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.

dune-covered wilderness where a scattering of tombs lay under the burning Egyptian sun. Along with the enigmatic Sphinx and other smaller tombs and monuments, Giza has three principal pyramids ...

NOVA: Can you briefly tell us about your history at Giza and tell us about ... And so there's a whole counterpart to the pyramids, which are lost, like a kind of a City of the Dead.

The architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza is generally believed to have been a man named Hemiunu. What do we really know ...

In 1988, archaeologists unearthed The Lost City Of Pyramids, proving the pyramids were likely built by skilled laborers, not ...

The largest, the Great Pyramid of Giza, was originally 147 metres tall ... The process of planning and building a pyramid had to be achieved under strict time constraints. The average life ...