A new study suggests that water power, not just brute force, helped construct the iconic Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt’s iconic pyramids. Researchers propose a complex hydraulic ...

Archaeological Museum, Bologna. The step pyramid stands over pharaoh Djoser’s funerary complex in Saqqara (right). Both village and cemetery offer archaeologists a mine of valuable data about ...

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 ...