In 1550 B.C., more than 1,200 years after the Great Pyramids were finished, ancient Egyptian pharaohs were building magnificent temples adorned with huge monuments that pointed to the sky.

The Macedonian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (305–30 B.C.) dedicated many more to Isis throughout Egypt, including those on the island of Philae. The worship of Isis at temples in the ...

Stairway to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser in 2650 B.C., the 204-foot structure was built of stone instead of ...