Deep inside the Serapeum of Saqqara sit massive granite boxes weighing tens of tons, carved from some of the hardest stone on Earth. Engineers studying their flatness, squareness, and mirror-like ...

Hidden beneath the sands of Egypt, the Serapeum of Saqqara holds 100 ton granite boxes carved with impossible accuracy. Their purpose and construction remain one of archaeology’s great mysteries.

Located approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Cairo, Saqqara is one of the most important cemeteries of Memphis. Memphis was one of the most strategically important cities in ancient Egyptian ...