Many pyramids were known to have capstones at their peak, also known as pyramidions, which were made of limestone, sandstone, basalt or granite. Some may have been covered with plates of copper, gold ...

EVERY DAY on the outskirts of Cairo, thousands of tourists brave the dust and heat of the Egyptian desert to gaze upon the Great Pyramids of Giza. To say the pyramids are colossal does not even begin ...

A digital reconstruction of a Giza pyramid by Australian insurance company Budget Direct. The Egyptian pyramids erupting from the sands at Giza are a testament to human ingenuity and engineering.

According to the ancient Egyptians, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the first wonder of the world. Clad in polished, white limestone, the surface is said to have acted like a mirror, reflecting the ...