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Ancient Egyptians Might Have Used Water-Powered Hydraulics to Build First Grand Pyramid
A view of the chapels and Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt. Constructed by the architect Imhotep c. 2670-2650 BCE during the reign of Djoser for that king’s burial tomb. Credit: Dennis Jarvis/Flickr.
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'World’s oldest pyramid' built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim
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 ...