The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, built around 2670 BCE under the supervision of Imhotep, was the first large-scale ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "The dominant appearance of the Step ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

Few discoveries stop Egyptologists in their tracks, but this one did. During a routine excavation near Djoser’s Step Pyramid, the oldest of Egypt's pyramids, archaeologists brushed aside centuries of ...

CAIRO, Egypt (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build the oldest pyramid. Scientists are floating a new idea on how Egypt's oldest pyramid was built more than 4,000 years ...

The Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt's iconic pyramids, may have been built with the help of a unique hydraulic lift system, according to researchers. A new study suggests that water may have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.

(CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the ...