A group of researchers believe they may have solved the mystery of a structure near the Pyramid of Djoser. It may have been part of a hydraulic lift system.

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 ...

The first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of the Third ... but others are dummy buildings finished on the outside, but solid on the inside. In Djoser’s monument at Saqqara, there are columns thought ...

There is topographical evidence of a possible lake just west of the Djoser complex and evidence ... existence of a floating wooden elevator inside the pyramid as it was being constructed, relying ...

The Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt's iconic pyramids ... that water may have been able to flow into two shafts located inside the pyramid itself, where that water could have been used ...

Djoser's pyramid would have been erected ... a crane on our modern building sites," Landreau said. "Its position inside the pyramid also offers logistical advantages, as the blocks arrive at ...

But a new study suggests that the oldest pyramid in Egypt, the Pyramid of Djoser, was built 4,700 years ago using an even more ingenious 'hydraulic lift'. 'Ancient Egyptians are famous for their ...

Most striking is the famous Step Pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. by Djoser, the Old Kingdom pharaoh ... clung to a rope inside a shaft that had been closed for more than 2,000 years.

General view of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqâra on February 9 ... which in turn could have powered the lifting mechanism inside the pyramid. However, this setup implies a level of hydraulic ...

The Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt’s iconic pyramids ... that water may have been able to flow into two shafts located inside the pyramid itself, where that water could have been ...