A few years back, when I was working as part of an archaeological mission in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, I unearthed a slab of white limestone covered in ancient paint smears. More of that later ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Limestone is used in everything from cement and tiles to paper- and plastic-making. The Egyptians that mine the haunting white mountains risk their lives and limbs ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most iconic and well-known structures in the world. It is located in Giza, Egypt, and ...

Its distinctive cap is formed by the white limestone casing, with which all the Giza Pyramids were originally faced. Imhotep bronze statuette (left) from Egypt’s late period. Archaeological ...

The desert is home to a variety of unique plant and animal species, including desert foxes, sand cats, and Egyptian vultures ...

Because thieves (who robbed the burial chambers) stripped the pyramids of their outer casings of polished white limestone, they no longer reach their original heights. Today the Great Pyramid ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the huge tomb of an unknown pharaoh at an Egyptian necropolis ... brickwork decorate the entrance to the limestone burial chamber, showing the goddess Isis and ...

Ancient Egyptian: You’re clearly not Egyptian ... After it was finished, it was covered in white limestone. There were three chambers and two entrances. However, the inside was looted (robbed ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered the tomb of an unidentified ... located at the ancient Mount Anubis necropolis in Abydos, contains a limestone burial chamber with mudbrick vaults.

This impressive structure gives a clear idea of how an ancient Egyptian pyramid was built. The bulk of the structure was composed of locally quarried limestone and then finished with fine, white, ...