The engineering feat behind the Great Pyramid of Giza was so impressive it is not surprising the monument made it as one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. A new survey of the pyramid, however, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.

Scholars think they have an answer to a question that has puzzled generations. How did ancient Egyptians, thousands of years ago, move all those heavy stones, stack them up and make the pyramids?

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 Saqqara, ...

A 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 introduction of ...