roughly 62-meter-tall pyramid of King Djoser. This proposal, detailed by scientists in PLOS ONE, suggests that controlled water flows in and out of a large shaft inside the pyramid lifted and ...

The Pyramid of Djoser is the oldest structure in Africa built on top of Saqqara, an ancient Egyptian burial ground for the Pharaoh Djoser. The Pyramid of Djoser provides a glimpse into the beliefs and ...

Little is known about Djoser, but the fact that he was able to build such a massive and innovative structure as the Step Pyramid suggests that during his reign Egypt was politically stable ...

These hill shaped structures are built in all cases inside a mastaba. They would not have been ... The step pyramids King Djoser built the first step pyramid. His funerary complex is surrounded by a ...

New research suggests that the Step Pyramid of Djoser may have been built using hydraulic systems, a far more advanced technique than previously thought, challenging old theories of ramps and levers.

Latvian scientists archaeologists radar and photogrammetry specialists architects geologists historians computer programmers and others banded together to create a unique technology for exploring ...

In Sakkara, experience special inside looks at the recently discovered tomb of Wahtye and the Step Pyramid of King Djoser, Egypt’s oldest pyramid. Fly to Abu Simbel to stand in awe before the enormous ...

This new hypothesis offers a revolutionary approach to understanding how the ancient Egyptians managed to transport large stones to higher levels of the pyramid. The hydraulic lift system could ...