Stone structures usually bring Egypt to mind, so most people picture pyramids rising out of the desert as the starting point of human building. That assumption holds until archaeologists point toward ...

"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 ...

The Step Pyramid stands more than 200 feet tall and is made from stones weighing more than 650 pounds. Some other researchers are not yet convinced by the idea that it was built using a hydraulics ...

CAIRO, Egypt (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build the oldest pyramid. Scientists are floating a new idea on how Egypt's oldest pyramid was built more than 4,000 years ...

Archaeologists have recently proposed that the Gunung Padang site in Indonesia, long considered the world’s oldest pyramid, was not constructed by humans but rather formed naturally. This claim, based ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step Pyramid of ...

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 ...

The Step Pyramid of King Djoser, on the Saqqara plateau in northern Egypt, is an awesome feat of engineering, and experts still do not understand the techniques used to erect it. Built about 4,500 ...