In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

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 ...

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 ...