And Saqqara's Other Wonders Saqqara is more than just one pyramid — it's an entire ancient burial complex replete with fascinating sites. North of the Step Pyramid stands the Serdab of Pharaoh ...

the ancient site of Saqqara is marked by crumbling pyramids that emerge from the sand like dragon's teeth. Most striking is the famous Step Pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. by Djoser ...

The step pyramid, located in the Saqqara necropolis ... is thought to have been built around 4,700 years ago as a funerary complex for Pharaoh Djoser of ancient Egypt's Third Dynasty.

Between 1951 and 1955, Egyptian archaeologist Zakaria Goneim excavated a second huge step pyramid complex at Saqqara. Work was continued here in the 1960s by the French archaeologist responsible ...

In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed ... temporary lake west of the Djoser complex, with water flow surrounding it in a moat ...

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 ...

According to a new paper published in the journal PLoS ONE, ancient Egyptians during the Third Dynasty may have at least partly relied on hydraulics to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser.

A recent study conducted by Xavier Landreau and other researchers has presented an innovative theory about the construction of the first Egyptian pyramid, the Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara ... located ...

Using an interdisciplinary approach, the new paper was the first to report a system consistent with the Step Pyramid’s internal architecture, the authors wrote. A complex water treatment system ...