Scholars attribute the planning of the pyramid to Imhotep, a vizier who would later be deified for his accomplishments. "Djoser is the name given to this king by New Kingdom visitors to the site ...

The King's Monument Like all Egyptian pyramids, the Djoser pyramid was built for a ruler. King Djoser was the second ruler of Egypt’s third dynasty and held the throne for an estimated 19 years. But ...

and was believed to be the final resting place of King Djoser, founder of the Old Kingdom. Dosjer's pyramid was a revolutionary concept, the pyramid prototype providing the blueprint for all ...

The first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of the Third-Dynasty king Djoser, was an incredible feat of engineering and architecture, heralding an accelerated period of technological advance. Only about a ...

Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting stone blocks that were used to assemble King Djoser’s six-tiered, roughly 62-meter-tall pyramid, scientists propose August 5 in PLOS ONE.

Tombs of early Egyptian kings were bench-shaped mounds called mastabas. Around 2780 BCE, King Djoser's architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one ...

Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, may have used waterpower to help construct this monumental structure. Ancient architects ...

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 ...

The Step Pyramid of Djoser was built around 4,700 years ago as a burial complex for King Djoser. It’s the oldest important stone building in Egypt, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.

The famed Step Pyramid, near the southern cemetery of King Djoser, Egypt. Researchers have put forward a fresh theory on how the 300kg stones were hauled up the pyramid during its construction.

The internal shaft begins directly below the pyramid near the center where a granite box sits with a plug at its base. This box is more widely believed to be the burial chamber of King Djoser ...