In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

The Step Pyramid of Djoser is the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids built about 4,500 years ago in Saqqara, Egypt. It is named after Djoser, a pharaoh in the Third Dynasty of Egypt's Old ...

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 ...

Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at the Step Pyramid of Djoser, with a research team concluding its architecture matched that of a "hydraulic ...

The Step Pyramid of Djoser was built around 4,700 years ago ... But “no generally accepted wholistic model for pyramid construction exists yet,” the study authors write. For the new study ...

They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest known pyramid in Egypt. Researchers discovered that the pyramid’s layout, along with surrounding ...

In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids and potentially constructed about 4,500 years ago ...

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