Dating to 2,680 BC, the Djoser pyramid was a prototype providing the blueprint for all future Egyptian developments. The step pyramid is made up of six mastabas (rectangular structures ...

Most striking is the famous Step Pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. by Djoser, the Old Kingdom pharaoh ... necropolis that once served the nearby Egyptian capital of Memphis.

Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids ... scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt ...

The paper, published in the journal PLOS ONE on 5 August, posits that the iconic 4,500-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser was erected with the help of a unique hydraulic lift system. In the past ...

The step pyramid stands over pharaoh Djoser’s funerary complex in Saqqara ... degrees—the kind of mathematical problem recorded in Egyptian mathematical papyri, and at which Egyptian civil ...

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 ...

The researchers claim to have discovered eight vertical cylinder-shaped structures, referred to as shafts, extending ...

People might claim that the Egyptian pyramids were built ... A pharaoh named Djoser ordered the construction of a "step pyramid" (a pyramid that looks like it has giant steps on its walls) around ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were reserved ... suggests low-status workers could merit a place in pyramid tombs too. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in ...