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Engineers Found Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid, Solving a 4,500-Year-Old Mystery
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 ...
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Step Pyramid at Saqqare, Egypt
Step Pyramid at Saqqare, Lower Egypt, designed by Imhotep. The name of Imhotep has become inextricably linked with Egyptian medicine. He was vizier, architect and chief physician to the Pharaoh Djoser ...
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'Built by extraterrestrials?': Scientists may have cracked the code behind Egypt’s pyramids
New research suggests that the Step Pyramid of Djoser may have been built using hydraulic systems, a far more advanced technique than previously thought, challenging old theories of ramps and levers.
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'Not made by humans': Experts stunned by what they found beneath World's oldest pyramid
The Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt, built around 2,630 BC, is widely recognized as the oldest. But a study from October claims Indonesia’s Gunung Padang pyramid could date as far back as 25,000 BC ...