In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

Map of the Saqqara plateau showing the water course from the Gisr el-Mudir dam to the water treatment facility near Djoser pyramid. The water is then transferred to the pyramid's network of pipes ...

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

Egyptians may have harnessed hydraulic power not only for agriculture and transport but also for building pyramids. This ...

both of which in olden days would have stood on the edge of the Nile. (A change in the river's course has left it farther east today.) Visitors take a ride below the Khafre Pyramid. You start ...

Zahi Hawas, the former minister of antiquities, said the Egyptian pyramids are the oldest, especially the pyramid of Djoser which dates ... that Egypt only has one river while Sudan is a country ...

In her 1877 book, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile ... 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 ...

The river was helpful for growing food in a hot place, as well as crops that made clothes and paper. It was located along the River Nile in north ... than the sword. The pyramids are giant tombs.