A new study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the ...

When the heavy rains came, the water seeped into the pyramid, causing the collapse of the pre-Hispanic structure. Experts investigating the landslide said that at least six of the stepped bodies ...

The Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt, built around 2,630 BC, is widely recognized as the oldest. But a study from October claims Indonesia’s Gunung Padang pyramid could date as far back as 25,000 BC ...

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.

But this doesn't look like a pyramid at all. If we use biomass, however, we get a regularly stepped pyramid because one tree has loads of biomass and it's a more useful visualisation because it ...