Beneath Egypt’s Step Pyramid is a vast underground maze of shafts, galleries, and chambers carved deep into the bedrock. In rare walkthrough footage, piles of stone vessel fragments reveal two very ...

Beneath Egypt’s Step Pyramid is a vast maze of tunnels, shafts, and chambers carved deep into the bedrock. In the lowest levels, rare access reveals precision stone artifacts, alabaster boxes, and ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table — a ...

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 ...

Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

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 ...

Ancient Egypt. Pyramids. A video for KS2 pupils exploring pyramids in Ancient Egypt - their construction, purpose and the ways they evolved. BBC Teach.

The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water ...

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Saqqara is an archaeologist's dream, being home to a vast number of ancient Egypt's mummies, tombs and around a dozen pyramids. Every year, researchers unearth new discoveries at the site, including ...