The pyramids at Giza are usually described as the ultimate building project, millions of blocks stacked skyward by sheer human effort. A growing fringe of researchers and online theorists is now ...

The city of Columbia plans to build a 45-foot tall metal pyramid on top of a 13-story city office building on Main Street. The pyramid will be illuminated at night. Provied City of Columbia DDRC A new ...

Researchers have uncovered a potential explanation for how the iconic Pyramid of Djoser, believed to be the oldest in ancient Egypt, was built. The step pyramid, located in the Saqqara necropolis, ...

Over a century after a British archaeologist noted a blocked passageway in the ruins of Sahura’s Pyramid in Egypt and suggested it might lead to additional rooms, a team of Egyptian and German ...

"Landreau et al. estimate that Egyptian builders could have captured between 4 million and 54 cubic meters of water over the two or three decades it took to complete the Step Pyramid." "Landreau et al ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...