Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a ...

Inside, Youssef and his colleagues found signs ... Buildings such as the Step Pyramid were already thousands of years old at this time, and people believed their creators, such as Djoser and ...

The main pieces of evidence supporting the hydraulic theory were the discovery of a "dry moat" surrounding the pyramid, as well as a massive stone structure known as the Gisr el-Mudir. These features ...

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 ...

Preliminary research suggests the statues may have originally been inside the Step Pyramid complex before being moved to the newly found tomb, according to Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist and former ...

The landscape, waterways, and interior architecture of the pyramid ... scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the seven monumental ...