While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

StepPyramid #PyramidOfDjoser #OldestPyramid The Step Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara is the oldest large-scale monumental ...

It is unknown who might have built that initial structure—the base of what appears to be an altar or a stepped pyramid—as researchers have not reached a consensus on its original function. Some point ...

"The Great Pyramid at Giza is known to have an amazing character of concavity that each of its four faces is slightly indented along its central line, from base to peak," Akio Kato from the ...

Step Pyramid of Djoser had a possible hydraulic elevator. The topography of the area beyond the dam, according to the paper published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, suggests that there may ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step ...

A 50-foot-tall, 1,000-year-old pyramid in Mexico’s Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone collapsing under the pressure of intense weather isn’t exactly a positive sign.

The Step Pyramid, built around 2680 BC as a funerary complex for Pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty, remains an enigma, and determining exactly how it was built is challenging.

The Djoser Step Pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt, is the oldest pyramid and the first monumental stone structure. Built for Pharaoh Djoser by architect Imhotep, it marked a significant shift from earlier ...

The Step Pyramid of King Djoser, on the Saqqara plateau in northern Egypt, is an awesome feat of engineering, and experts still do not understand the techniques used to erect it. Built about 4,500 ...

SCIENTISTS may have unlocked a key part of the mystery of how the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. Groundbreaking new research suggested the structures – which date back some 4,500 years… ...