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.

The pyramids may have been built using a sophisticated hydraulic system, according to a new study in Egypt. Evidence of ancient Egyptians using water pressure to lift stone blocks was discovered at ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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, ...

I'm thinking because making the entire pyramid a gradually ascending spiral (rather than, say, simply stepped) gives you the most gradual slope of any simple ramp configuration. You can go around all ...