IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "The dominant appearance of the Step ...

Beneath Egypt’s Step Pyramid lies a vast underground labyrinth of shafts, passages, and storage galleries carved deep into the bedrock. Rare access reveals tens of thousands of stone vessel fragments, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.

A peer-reviewed study has proposed that ancient Egyptians may have used a water-powered lifting system to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the oldest of Egypt’s seven monumental pyramids.

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Map of the Saqqara plateau showing the water course from the Gisr el-Mudir dam to the water treatment facility near Djoser pyramid. The water is then transferred to the pyramid's network of pipes to ...