Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have uncovered a potential explanation for how the iconic Pyramid of Djoser, believed to be the oldest in ...

A peer-reviewed study has proposed that ancient Egyptians may have used a water-powered lifting system to build the Step ...

See how Egyptian engineers might have used water to shape history’s greatest monuments.

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 ...

“The ancient architects may have raised the stones from the pyramid centre in a volcano fashion using the sediment-free water from the Dry Moat’s south section.” For so many years, the Step Pyramid at ...

The construction of ancient Egypt’s oldest known pyramid may have benefited from a water elevator capable of lifting 50 to 100 tonnes of stones at a time. The suggestion draws upon the fact that the ...