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

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

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf’s son and a statue of Pharaoh Djoser during excavations in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Latvian scientists archaeologists radar and photogrammetry specialists architects geologists historians computer programmers and others banded together to create a unique technology for exploring ...

Imhotep lived during the reign of King Djoser (2630-2611BC) and was the architect of the step pyramid at Saqquara, the first pyramid ever built in Egypt. Born a commoner, he quickly rose through the ...

I took a full day to visit as many of Egypt's 138 discovered pyramids as possible, including the Pyramids of Giza, as well as the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the Pyramid of Unas, the Bent Pyramid ...