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

roughly 62-meter-tall pyramid of King Djoser. This proposal, detailed by scientists in PLOS ONE, suggests that controlled water flows in and out of a large shaft inside the pyramid lifted and ...

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 ...

including the spectacular Pyramid of Gaza and the 'step pyramid' of Djoser. While Giza is the largest of Egypt's pyramids, Djoser is the oldest, having been constructed at some point between ...

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 ...

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

The bizarre, tiered structure is the work of the architect Imhotep, who ‘stacked’ the mastabas to create this step pyramid – 204 feet (62m) high and the first of its kind. Djoser’s sarcophagus was ...

New research suggests that the Step Pyramid of Djoser may have been built using ... Stunning find reveals Earth-like structure inside our cosmic neighbor ‘Hunt for water’: NASA’s ...

This new hypothesis offers a revolutionary approach to understanding how the ancient Egyptians managed to transport large stones to higher levels of the pyramid. The hydraulic lift system could ...