The Step Pyramid of Djoser is the oldest of the seven monumental ... and is the centerpiece of Pharaoh's funerary complex, as well as several other temples and building encircled by a dry moat.

The Step Pyramid, is believed to have been built in around 2680 BCE as a funerary complex for the Third Dynasty pharaoh Djoser. Yet, the precise method of its construction has always remained unclear.

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 ...

North of the pyramid, eight unusual mastabas were built of bedrock ... granite sarcophagus decorated with 15 niches in imitation of the enclosure wall of Djoser’s Complex. This in turn is thought to ...

Archaeological Museum, Bologna. The step pyramid stands over pharaoh Djoser’s funerary complex in Saqqara (right). Both village and cemetery offer archaeologists a mine of valuable data about ...

New research suggests that the Step Pyramid of Djoser may have been built using hydraulic systems, a far more advanced technique than previously thought, challenging old theories of ramps and levers.

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