Egypt’s Great Pyramids have been a source of wonder and mystery for centuries. But recent research has shed a dazzling light ...

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 ...

The Pyramid of Djoser, also known as the Step Pyramid, a UNESCO world heritage site, was reopened on March 5, after a restoration took 14 years and nearly $6.6 million. An architect named Imhotep ...

The Djoser Step Pyramid in Saqqara, Egypt, is the oldest pyramid and the first monumental stone structure. Built for Pharaoh ...

Djoser, also known as the Step Pyramid, is believed to have been built ... including a life-size sculpture of the king on his throne. A huge underground structure sat beneath it, featuring ...

The 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser was at risk of collapse after an earthquake hit Egypt. British structural experts Cintec were hired in 2010 to shore up the pyramid, believed to be the ...

Built approximately 4,700 years ago, the Step Pyramid of Djoser on the Saqqara plateau ... Could this system, likely used to erect the pyramid, have allowed the king to be placed in his final resting ...

The dynasty’s second king, Khufu, ruled during a period ... The lowest stones in Egypt’s first ever pyramid—Djoser’s step pyramid in Saqqara, built the century before Khufu’s—are ...

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 ...

Latvian scientists archaeologists radar and photogrammetry specialists architects geologists historians computer programmers and others banded together to create a unique technology for exploring ...

including the Pyramids of Giza, as well as the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the Pyramid of Unas, the Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid.