In a study published Monday in the journal PLOS One, researchers propose that ancient people may have relied on water to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser in ... texts like the Red Sea Scrolls ...

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 ...

The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara was a key step ... making the structures more stable and beautiful. The Red Pyramid, for example, shows how pyramids evolved to have smooth sides ...

South of the main pyramid are several princesses’ tombs. One of these belonged to a woman named Sitathoriunit. Discovered by Petrie and Guy Brunton in 1913, this contained a red granite sarcophagus ..

Stairway to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser in 2650 B.C., the 204-foot structure was built of stone instead of ...

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