Credit: Paleotechnic of Paris, France, CC-BY 4.0 The identified building process of the step pyramid: A hydraulic lift mechanism. Credit: Landreau et al., PLOS ONE.

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for ...

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Baines told Ars that he was “agnostic to skeptical” about the hydraulic lift hypothesis presented by Landreau et al., although he felt it was more solid than prior, shakier claims.

The Step Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt's oldest pyramid, could have been built using hydraulic lift technology, according to a new study. DeAgostini/Getty Images.

Ancient Egyptians May Have Used Hydraulic Lift to Build Pyramid Researchers propose that a system of water could have lifted heavy stones to the height necessary to construct the Step Pyramid.

Researchers have suggested that the 4,600-year-old pyramid in Egypt was built using a type of hydraulic lift. The landscape, waterways, and interior architecture of the Step Pyramid of Djoser all ...

Ancient Egyptians used hydraulic lifts to build first pyramids, ... Suspected building process of the step pyramid: A hydraulic lift mechanism. (Landreau et al., 2024, PLOS ONE) ...

A team of engineers suggests a new theory on how Egypt’s first pyramid was built — a water elevator used to float heavy stones through the middle of the structure.