Djoser says he began producing his own tracks in 2010, and by the time he dropped his “Secret Greeting EP” on Martyn’s 3024 label in 2020, his music refused to fall into any one style or ...

The honor of Egypt’s oldest necropolis belongs to Pharaoh Djoser, a ruler who ushered in the Old Kingdom’s Third Dynasty during the 27th century BCE. Constructed around 2,680 BCE in Saqqara ...

A new study suggests that the oldest pyramid in Egypt, the Pyramid of Djoser, was built 4,700 years ago using an ingenious 'hydraulic lift'.

Also, Djoser’s pyramid stones — which weighed on average about 300 kilograms each — were considerably smaller and easier for workers to transport than those used for later pyramids, says ...

General view of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqâra on February 9, 2024 in Giza, Egypt. Getty Images. The main pieces of evidence supporting the hydraulic theory were the discovery of a "dry ...

A camel chills next to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, built around 2680 BCE. Credit: Charles J. Sharp/CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

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 ...

Djoser's pyramid would have been erected like a volcano, with building materials arriving at its central axis." Such a system would have had provided several advantages, according to Landreau.