Recent discoveries within the Great Pyramid of Giza have reignited theories about its mysterious tunnels and their potential connections to cosmic phenomena. Using advanced technology like muon ...

What do we actually know about how people of the past understood the sky and developed a cosmology? When it comes to studying ancient astronomy, we must be careful not to assume too much.

The ancient Egyptians watched Earth’s night sky closely and named constellations after their gods. But did the builders of the pyramids really make these monuments with the stars in mind?

So how can cultural astronomy explain the pyramids’ alignment? A study from 2001 proposed that two stars, Megrez and Phad, in the stellar constellation known as Ursa Major may have been the key.

An ultra-powerful scan of the pyramid’s interior could finally reveal the contents of two mysterious voids inside the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

So how can cultural astronomy explain the pyramids’ alignment? A study from 2001 proposed that two stars, Megrez and Phad, in the stellar constellation known as Ursa Major may have been the key. These ...

The astronomy tower, made "with five level blocks of limestone," was part of the Buto Temple, a larger complex uncovered in Kafr Sheikh -- an area about 2½ hours north of the great pyramids of Giza.

In 2020, Elon Musk attracted scorn from experts when he took to Twitter - the social network that he bought in 2022 for $44billion - to write: 'Aliens built the pyramids obv'.

There is no evidence in ancient texts that Egyptians used astronomical knowledge in building the pyramids. But analysis of the night sky in 2500 bc could help explain how the pyramid builders knew ...