A team of archaeologists working in Egypt on a joint mission between French and Swiss scientists unearthed a 4,000-year-old ...
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.
Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, may have used waterpower to help construct this monumental structure. Ancient architects ...
The paper, published in the journal PLOS ONE on 5 August, posits that the iconic 4,500-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser was ...
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 ...