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This ‘25,000-Year-Old Pyramid’ Is Older than Egypt’s—but Scientists Say It Was Not Built by Humans

For centuries, the Djoser Step Pyramid in Egypt has held the title of the world’s oldest pyramid, estimated to have been built around 2,630 BC. But a controversial study from a few years ago suggested ...
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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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Ancient Pyramids Around the World

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...
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The heb-sed court with its reconstructed chapels at the complex of the Step Pyramid of Djoser. Ṣaqqārah, Egypt

"The dominant appearance of the Step Pyramid inside the complex of Djoser is designed to denote the divine position of the dead king. The different structures inside represent a selection of units ...
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The Step Pyramid of Djoser and the funerary chapel's frieze that belongs to the south tomb. Ṣaqqārah, Egypt

"The dominant appearance of the Step Pyramid inside the complex of Djoser is designed to denote the divine position of the dead king. The different structures inside represent a selection of units ...