A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water purification system feeding a hydraulic lift to raise huge stone blocks to build a pyramid. From our ...

The ancient Greeks discovered how to do just this! They developed a device called the Archimedes screw to lift water from one location ... of positive-displacement pump. A positive-displacement ...

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt ... might have been enough water to support a system such as the hydraulic lift, said Dr. Judith Bunbury ...

researchers propose that ancient people may have relied on water to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt. They suspect a hydraulic system may have helped lift stones from the center ...

Egypt’s oldest pyramid was likely built with the help of an innovative hydraulic water elevator ... including ramps, lifting cranes, or animal force,” scientists wrote. “Ancient Egyptians ...

However, experts now think they might have solved the mystery. A new study suggests that the ancient Egyptians used a water 'lift' inside the pyramid. This would have helped raise the heavy stones ...