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While excavating the first Egyptian pyramid ever built, archaeologists found sealed coffin. When they opened it, they discovered a 52-foot papyrus.

Few discoveries stop Egyptologists in their tracks, but this one did. During a routine excavation near Djoser’s Step Pyramid, the oldest of Egypt's pyramids, archaeologists brushed aside centuries of ...
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Engineers Found Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid, Solving a 4,500-Year-Old Mystery

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 ...
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A 3,400 year step pyramid emerges in Central Asia

The discovery of a 3,400-year-old step pyramid in the heart of Central Asia is forcing me to rethink what I thought I knew about the ancient world. Far from the deserts of Egypt or the jungles of ...