Engineers might have cracked the code for how the ancient Egyptians built their first pyramids. A new study suggests that ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Did microbes ever live on Mars? Did an "elevator" help build Egypt’s first pyramid? Some signs pointed to yes this year, but confirmation is still needed.

SAQQARA – Egypt on Tuesday showcased an ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser ... buried there but in the famed Step Pyramid nearby. The two structures make ...

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 ...

The 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser was at risk of collapse after an earthquake hit Egypt. British structural experts Cintec were hired in 2010 to shore up the pyramid, believed to be the ...

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

I took a full day to visit as many of Egypt's 138 discovered pyramids as possible, including the Pyramids of Giza, as well as the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the Pyramid of Unas, the Bent Pyramid ...

researchers proposed that ancient Egyptians built the world's first pyramid — the 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser, which sits on Egypt's Saqqara plateau — using a "modern hydraulic system" ...