Old Kingdom

Buried beside the Great Pyramid 4,500 years ago, rediscovered in 1954 and now on show at the Grand Egyptian Museum: the remarkable story of Khufu’s cedarwood boats.Read More

Royal tombs, yes – but also temples, economic engines and religious symbols. A clear look at what the Egyptian pyramids were built for, and why the alternative theories do not hold up.Read More

Architect, high priest and, 2,000 years later, a god: the real story of Imhotep, the man linked to the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara.Read More

Saqqara, Dahshur and Giza are not three versions of the same thing. Together they tell the story of how the Egyptians invented, perfected and then moved on from the pyramid.Read More

Quarries, a workers’ town, a 4,500-year-old logbook and a lot of careful engineering: what the archaeological evidence tells us about how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.Read More