Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, may have used ...

According to Deming, the longest known aqueduct tunnel supplying ancient Rome was the Anio Novus, at 2.25 kilometers.

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.

CAIRO, Egypt (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Egyptians used a hydraulic lift to build the oldest pyramid. Scientists are floating a new idea on how Egypt's oldest pyramid was built more than 4,000 ...

Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting stone blocks that were used to assemble King Djoser’s six-tiered, roughly 62-meter-tall pyramid, scientists propose August 5 in PLOS ONE.

Their ground-penetrating radar images revealed that these two shafts are connected by a 200-meter-long tunnel. ... simply would not have been enough water to operate such a hydraulic lift ...

Hyderabad: After assessing the conditions inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel with robots, the govt deployed a hydraulic autonomous sludge robot on Wednesday to assist with desiltation at ...

Instead of manual digging, autonomous hydraulic-powered robo is being used to remove soil with speed. About 620 cubic metres of soil and muck can be shifted out of the tunnel in an hour by using a ...

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.