Built more than a thousand years ago by the ancient Maya, the pyramid towers 100 feet over the ruins of Chichén Itzá, a World Heritage site and popular tourist destination on Mexico’s Yucatan ...

Among the dead, scholars identified no fewer than 11 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s splendid New Kingdom period, including Seti I, whose body was missing from his magnificent tomb, and Ramses the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Some 2.5 million people visit the Pyramids of Giza each year with hopes of an epic experience befitting one of the World’s Seven Wonders. But for decades, a trip to Egypt’s most ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Egyptian blue is a color that is over 5,000 years old. From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, this brilliant blue pigment adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday ...

Replicas of Egyptian Blue can be found at your local art store, but nobody has made it authentically for at least hundreds of years. RELATED: Archaeologists unearthed an ancient furniture order.

A 3,000-year-old city with pyramids, which has been discovered by archaeologists, is believed to be "one of the most ancient and important ceremonial centres" of the Mayan civilisation.

However, this theory lacks substantial scholarly support. Does the Greek word for the pyramids have an ancient Egyptian origin? A theory that has some favor among linguists is that the Greek word for ...

The Great Pyramids of Giza stand as monumental testaments to ancient Egyptian civilization, but the mystery of their construction continues to captivate experts and enthusiasts alike. This video ...

Ancient Egyptians used Egyptian blue in wood painting and stone art, and dyed a papier-mâché-type material called cartonnage. However, like the construction of the enigmatic pyramids, the process for ...

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. Have you got ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. A team of Washington State University-led researchers ...