Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, may have used ...

A new study aims to answer the centuries-old question of how the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built thousands of years ago, and its findings have provided an unexpected possible answer -- water.

In their model, a walled enclosure ... On the possible use of hydraulic force to assist with building the step pyramid of Saqqara. PLOS ONE. Published August 5, 2024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone ...