The Step Pyramid of Djoser, Clark wrote, would have made it almost impossible for a robber to reach the burial chamber by digging in from the top. Protection from grave robbers may be a reason why ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of ... to a basin just west of Djoser’s burial grounds.

CAIRO -- Egypt on Thursday said it uncovered several 4,300-year-old tombs in Saqqara as it continues a series of discoveries in the ancient burial ... site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara ...

The burial complex occupied a prime location at Saqqara—within sight of the Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt ... high-ceilinged chamber. It, too, was choked with sand and boulders that ...

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 structure, which reaches a height of 60 meters, consists of six layers and corridors leading to the main burial chamber, which is 28 meters deep and seven meters wide. The restoration project of ...

Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at ... directed water to a basin west of Djoser’s burial grounds. Intense rains could have ...

Constructed around 2,680 BCE in Saqqara, northwest of the ruins of Memphis, the six-tier, four-sided Step Pyramid of Djoser stood amid ... through each successive chamber. After traveling through ...

According to Smithsonian Magazine, the Step Pyramid of Djoser was constructed circa 2680BC as a majestic burial complex for the revered King Djoser, a pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty. This ancient ...