A step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed...

The pyramid of Djoser (or Djeser and Zoser), sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest...

periods. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis, although at least one step-pyramid-like structure has been found at...

Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids, these New World...

A pyramid (from Ancient Greek πυραμίς (puramís) 'pyramid') is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular and converge to a point at the top, making...

bei Meidum nachgewiesen, Berlin 1928 (/ref.). E1 was a step pyramid similar to the Djoser Pyramid. E2 was an extension around the previous building of roughly...

lending the pyramid a visibly "bent" appearance. Archaeologists now believe that the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form between step-sided and...

the object was once on display. Because it was found very close to a stepped pyramid, Egyptologists such as Rainer Stadelmann propose a position on the...

A pyramidion (plural: pyramidia) is the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the upper section of an obelisk. Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language...

2006 and has since reshaped one of the hills, making it look like a stepped pyramid. The academic community has called for the government to end funding...