Tourists from Herodotus to Rita Hayworth have swarmed around the gigantic base of Pharaoh Cheops’ pyramid, which stands in the desert on the outskirts of modern Cairo. None of them, until this week, ...
Egypt will send a robot up narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday. Zahi Hawass told ...