Everyone knows that the Egyptian pyramids are ancient — but exactly how old are they? Historians estimate that they were ...

The researchers claim to have discovered eight vertical cylinder-shaped structures, referred to as shafts, extending ...

Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, may have used waterpower to help construct this monumental structure. Ancient architects ...

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 ...

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 ...

BARNSLEY’S world-renowned Egyptologist Joann Fletcher has had her say on the likelihood of a vast city spanning di... Local ...

A recent research paper has revealed startling details about Indonesia's Gunung Padang.The Guinness World Records recognizes ...

North of the pyramid, eight unusual mastabas were built of bedrock covered ... granite sarcophagus decorated with 15 niches in imitation of the enclosure wall of Djoser’s Complex. This in turn is ...

Imhotep lived during the reign of King Djoser (2630-2611BC) and was the architect of the step pyramid at Saqquara, the first pyramid ever built in Egypt. Born a commoner, he quickly rose through the ...