A new study aims to answer the centuries-old question of how the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built thousands of years ago, and its findings have provided an unexpected possible answer -- water.

New evidence reveals that the Pyramids in Egypt were built by paid workers, not slaves, reshaping views on ancient Egyptian ...

The study looks at 31 pyramids between Lisht, a village south of Cairo, and Giza. They were constructed over roughly 1,000 years, beginning about 4,700 years ago. The pyramid complexes contained ...

Dozens of Egyptian pyramids across a 40-mile-long range rimmed the waterway, the study says, including the best-known complex in Giza. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are WATCH HERE ...

A new study bolsters a long-standing theory for the mystery of how ancient Egyptians built the massive pyramids of Giza: by taking advantage of a “now-defunct” arm of the Nile river to move ...

However, research at Tombos, an ancient Egyptian colony established around 1400 BCE, suggests a different story.”Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once thought to be the final resting ...

From this, the team deduced that “pyramid tombs, once thought to be the final resting place of the most elite, may have also included low-status high-labor staff,” per the study. 3 ...

Dozens of Egyptian pyramids, some in Giza, sat along a branch of the Nile, study says Why are Egypt’s pyramids in a remote desert? New research says the Nile used to flow there.

The pyramids in and around Giza have presented a fascinating puzzle for millennia. How did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using wheels?