¿Ascensor del Antiguo Egipto?

Una novedad controvertida Estudio afirma que los antiguos egipcios pueden haber utilizado un hysistema de elevación dráulico to construct the Pyramid of Djoser, the world's first pyramid. Built around 4,700 years ago, the six-tiered, four-sided structure on the Saqqara plateau was the subject of research conducted by French scientists.

Los autores afirman que tras un análisis transdisciplinario descubrieron que se pudo haber utilizado un elevador hidráulico para construir el hito de 204 pies de altura. Una hazaña arquitectónica, generaciones de arqueólogos se han preguntado cómo los trabajadores pudieron construir la pirámide sin el uso de equipos modernos. El equipo de investigación afirma que los antiguos egipcios utilizaron agua de un brazo cercano del río Nilo para diseñar un sistema hidráulico moderno que incluía una presa, una planta de tratamiento de agua y un montacargas hidráulico.   

For the river-powered system to work, water would have flowed from the Nile to the 1.2-m dam, which filtered out sediment before the water traveled downstream to the "Deep Trench," a water treatment "facility" containing several basins to collect any remaining particles. Next, a series of underground conduits would deliver water 92-ft beneath the pyramid to a hydraulic elevator. The force of water collecting in the well would have been used to float stones up and down a shaft, delivering them to workers.

Some people, including archeologist Julia Budka, aren't sure that the study checks out. Budka, who works at Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, noted that there were no Egyptologists or archeologists directly involved and further geological studies would be needed to gain a better understanding of the proposed hydraulic system.