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 ...

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 ...

Egypt had always lived in my mind as a faraway place with monuments that I’d only briefly seen on travel channels as a kid, full of ancient history that seemed more legendary than concrete. When I had ...