Egyptian Security forces stand guard at the Al Haram Street which leads to the Great Pyramid of Giza after unidentified assailants targeted a bus carrying Israeli tourists in western Cairo, Egypt on 7 January, 2016. Photo: IBRAHIM RAMADAN / ANADOLU …

Masked gunmen on motorcycles have opened fire on a tourist bus and hotel near Egypt's pyramids at Giza. Police officers guard the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. No injuries were reported but the attack by two masked …

The Great Pyramid of Giza is illuminated with the Egyptian, French, Lebanese and Russian Flags in solidarity with the victims of attacks in Paris and Beirut and the Russian plane crash in northern Sinai, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 15 …

So how, precisely, did Stone Age farmers living on the banks of the great river transform themselves into a civilisation capable of building the Great Pyramid? That's the task self-confessed “Egyptological anorak” Professor Joann Fletcher sets out to …

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only remaining Ancient World Wonder. Built more than 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid continues to attract travelers from all corners of the world. However, unlike other ancient and tourist sites across the world, the …

Armies of Motorhead fans dressed in loincloths are reported to be converging on Stoke-on-Trent to construct a tomb for Lemmy based on the Great Pyramid of Cheops, in which he will be kept on ice, with Jack Daniels, until it is ready for his final …

When they aren't digging up ancient graves or unearthing the body parts of early human ancestors, archaeologists are combing the Earth for clues about how the people who came before us worked, played, and died. This year, researchers across the globe …

Signs of a new tomb hidden deep inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. Shutterstock / Waj. As part of a larger project using drones to analyze the ancient Egyptian pyramids, scientists working in November uncovered surprising "thermal anomalies" along the …

GRAHAM Hughes has won a Caribbean island on a game show, been jailed in Africa twice and climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The British adventurer has visited more than 215 countries and territories in four years, without once getting …

The 1884 Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society mentioned an 1859 book by John Taylor, "The Great Pyramid: Why Was It Built? And Who Built It?" which claimed that the biblical Noah directed the largest pyramid's construction. The Society's …