Hackaday

Looking At How Pyramids Were Built Using Their Casing Stones

As one of the most famous Ancient Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of Khafre on the plateau of Giza has been a true wonder of the Ancient World ever since its construction around 2570 BCE. Today, well over 4,500 years later, we are still as puzzled as our ...
Scientific American

Hidden structural features inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid may have helped it withstand earthquakes, new study finds

Constructed by ancient Egyptians, the Great Pyramid has survived multiple earthquakes through the ages—now researchers think they know why
Smithsonian Magazine

Ancient Pyramids Around the World

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-topped mounds made mostly of mud, but Djoser’s ...
Greek Reporter

Decoding the Pyramid: What Its Name Means in Greek and Ancient Egyptian

What did the ancient Greeks and Egyptians call the pyramids, and what did these ancient words originally mean?
insider.si.edu

A history of ancient Egypt. Volume 2 : from the Great Pyramid to the fall of the Middle Kingdom / John Romer

Part one. After the great pyramids : history and hieroglyphs -- The story up to now : a history in pyramids -- Writing changes everything -- Reviving Hardjedef? -- Part two. Making "Ancient Egypt": Champollion and his successors -- In the beginning -- The ...