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3D model render of the Saqqara necropolis looking north. The pyramids of Unas (r. c. 2345–2315 BCE) (left) and Djoser (c. 2670 BCE) (middle) are in the foreground. Render by Savannah Dawson. Reprinted from Constructing...

The pyramids are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt and still fascinate people in the present day. These enormous tributes to the memory of the Egyptian kings have become synonymous with the country even...

A view of the chapels and Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt. Constructed by the architect Imhotep c. 2670-2650 BCE during the reign of Djoser for that king's burial tomb.

A limestone Apis bull statue from the Serapeum at Saqqara, Egypt. 30th Dynasty. Height: 1.26 m. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

This temple at the Saqqara complex may have been built for embalming Djoser's body but was regularly used afterwards – at least during the Third Dynasty of Egypt – most probably as an offering site (there is a...

The first pyramid of Egypt, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt. Constructed by the architect Imhotep c. 2670-2650 BCE during the reign of Djoser for that king's burial tomb.

In this limestone tomb relief, the deceased man (with his seated wife) sits before an offering table. From the grave of Imeneminet, Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1320 BCE. (State...

A calcite canopic jar from Saqqara, Egypt. XXVI Dynasty. (Archaeological Museum, Pavia, Italy)

Mummies were among the most sought-after souvenirs collected by travelers to Egypt in the 17th-19th centuries. To supplement the supply of genuine bodies, fake mummies were produced as early as the 18th century. This example...

The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid (kbhw-ntrw in Egyptian), built for the burial of Djoser by the Egyptian vizier Imhotep, in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis, during the Early...