The honor of Egypt’s oldest necropolis belongs to Pharaoh Djoser, a ruler who ushered in the Old Kingdom’s Third Dynasty during the 27th century BCE. Constructed around 2,680 BCE in Saqqara, northwest ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After years of restoration work, Egypt has ...

The Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt's iconic pyramids, may have been built with the help of a unique hydraulic lift system, according to researchers. A new study suggests that water may have ...

The Step Pyramid of King Djoser, on the Saqqara plateau in northern Egypt, is an awesome feat of engineering, and experts still do not understand the techniques used to erect it. Built about 4,500 ...

It has long been a subject of debate - how exactly were Egypt's great pyramids built by the civilized world's first engineers? A popular theory suggests they used a system of ropes and sledges to haul ...

With a few notable exceptions, the last few days and weeks have brought plenty of news of closings and postponements. Thankfully, these uncertain times haven’t stopped the completion of an ambitious ...

Venture to the windswept sands of Saqqara, home to the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the world's first monumental stone structure ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — After years of restoration work, ...

After years of restoration work, Egypt has reopened its oldest pyramid to the public. The Djoser pyramid – which is around 4,700 years old, made solely of stone and built of six stacked terraces – was ...