The first stone pyramid ever built has been restored and is now open to the public. The Pyramid of Djoser, also known as the Step Pyramid, a UNESCO world heritage site, was reopened on March 5, after ...

The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, said that Egypt’s reopening of the Pyramid of Djoser, 14 years after major restoration work, is one of the most important ...

A statue of Djoser, from Sakkara © Djoser was the best known pharaoh, and possibly the founder, of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in Egypt. He was responsible ...

A group of researchers believe they may have solved the mystery of a structure near the Pyramid of Djoser. It may have been part of a hydraulic lift system. There are many theories for how the ...

The Step Pyramid of Netjerikhet (also known as Djoser) is the oldest monumental stone structure in Egypt. However, much of the pyramid’s façade has suffered significant damage. On the north façade, ...

Entry to the Southern Tomb as it was in 2010. Source - Berthold Werner, CC SA 2.0. Entry to the Southern Tomb as it was in 2010. Source - Berthold Werner, CC SA 2.0. The ancient tomb structure ...

Everyone knows the Great Pyramid of Giza. Towering over the edge of the Western Desert, it’s perhaps the best known of the handful of monuments at Egypt’s Giza Necropolis. But about 10 miles south of ...

Egyptian authorities reopened the 4,700-year-old step pyramid of Djoser to the public on Thursday, after years of renovation. The roughly 60-metre-high (almost 200 feet) pyramid dominates the vast ...

Little is known about Djoser, but the fact that he was able to build such a massive and innovative structure as the Step Pyramid suggests that during his reign Egypt was politically stable, with a ...