The Step Pyramid of Djoser was built about 4,700 years ago ... A tunnel on the east side of the pyramid contains 40,000 stone vessels, many of them belonging to the king's ancestors.

Ancient architects might have designed a hydraulic system to hoist stone blocks ... borders a chain of 31 pyramids, including Djoser's. This discovery suggests that vessels carrying workers ...

Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting stone blocks that were ... tributary that borders a chain of 31 pyramids, including Djoser’s. Vessels containing workers and building ...

Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at the Step Pyramid of Djoser, with a research team concluding its architecture matched that of a "hydraulic ...

Ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom is best known for the enormous pyramids built by its ... translating them into stone for his monarch, Netjerikhet Djoser. The mud-brick wall of the cult enclosure ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using ... could have maneuvered the oversized stone blocks forming the pyramid, starting ...

While Giza is the largest of Egypt's pyramids, Djoser is the oldest, having been constructed at some point between 2667 and 2648 BC. The stunning structure was built entirely out of stone by ...

Constructed around 2,680 BCE in Saqqara, northwest of the ruins of Memphis, the six-tier, four-sided Step Pyramid of Djoser stood amid ... for building stone structures and finds no parallel ...

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 ...