Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preliminary analysis suggests these statues were initially housed in a chamber near Djoser's Step Pyramid and relocated to Prince Waser-If-Re's tomb during the Late Period. The reasons behind this ...

View of the ancient crypt inside the Great step pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara. Cairo. (photo credit: Melnikov Dmitriy. Via Shutterstock) Italian and Scottish researchers claim they found a major ...

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 ...

The mission also found statues depicting King Djoser, builder of the nearby Step Pyramid, alongside figures of his wife and ten daughters. Djoser, a famous pharaoh of the Third Dynasty ...