Before looking closely at pharaonic society and the beginning of the Pyramid Age, one first has to step into Egypt's landscape and take a look around. Ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet ...

Herodotus, the Greek historian who wrote in the 5th century B.C., 500 years before Christ, is the earliest known chronicler and historian of the Egyptian Pyramid Age. By his accounts, the labor ...

So, how old are these natural pyramids? According to Switzerland Tourism, they were formed around the end of the last Ice Age, which was between 80,000 and 100,000 years ago. The large hard rocks ...

Photograph by Danita Delimont, Age Fotostock In His Father’s ShadowAt 471 feet, Khafre’s pyramid was originally a little lower than that of his father, Khufu. Its distinctive cap is formed by ...

The population pyramid displays the population composition in the Netherlands per year. For each age, the number of men is shown on the left and the number of women on the right. The pyramid contains ...

“Never before have we seen such a dramatic change in the age pyramid in such a short period of time.” The population boom, however, led to concerns about public services, housing and other ...

Here we present results of the 15th coordinated population projection through an animated age pyramid. You may choose between four alternative variants which are based on different assumptions.

Journey back four and a half thousand years to Egypt's Old Kingdom, to the Pyramid Age. As the vizier, or head of state, you are about to undertake the building of the king's pyramid.