The Step Pyramid of Netjerikhet (also known as Djoser) is the oldest monumental stone structure in Egypt. However, much of the pyramid’s façade has suffered significant damage. On the north ...

Colourful, sealed sarcophagi and statues that were buried more than 2,500 years ago were displayed in a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara.

Egyptian culture continues to raise all sorts of suspicions to this day. The imposing structure of Saqqara, known as Gisr ...

The 4,700-year-old step pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. for third dynasty pharaoh Djoser, is deemed the oldest stone structure of its size in the world. The ancient structure was badly ...

Dating to 2,680 BC, the Djoser pyramid was a prototype providing the blueprint for all future Egyptian developments. The step pyramid is made up of six mastabas (rectangular structures) stacked on ...

Step Pyramid at Saqqare, Lower Egypt, designed by Imhotep. The name of Imhotep has become inextricably linked with Egyptian medicine. He was vizier, architect and chief physician to the Pharaoh Djoser ...

The Bent Pyramid was try no. 2. There was a small pyramid elsewhere, which was probably try no. 3. And then, of course, the wonderful Red Pyramid, which was perfect.

They found the chamber in the desert on the western side of the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, one of the earliest large stone structures in the world, dating from about 2,650 BC.