A new 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 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the ...

In ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. When the ancient Egyptians built their giant pyramids, they wanted to ...

New secret chambers have been uncovered inside a 4,400-year-old ancient Egyptian pyramid. When many of us think of Egypt, the iconic landscape of the ancient pyramids is one of the first things that ...

The ancient Egyptian pyramids may be thousands of years old, but to this day, we're still finding out new information about the famous and historic structures. And this one is quite the discovery ...

Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, ...