Greater Cairo
Saqqara & the Step Pyramid
سقارة وهرم زوسر المدرج
Djoser's Step Pyramid and a necropolis used across three thousand years.
Saqqara was the main burial ground of ancient Memphis for some three thousand years. Its centrepiece, the Step Pyramid of King Djoser (Third Dynasty), is regarded as the earliest large-scale cut-stone building, designed by the architect Imhotep. Around it lie Old Kingdom mastaba tombs with finely carved scenes of daily life, later pyramids whose chambers carry the Pyramid Texts, and the Serapeum's vast underground galleries.
Highlights
- Djoser's Step Pyramid and its enclosure
- Painted and carved Old Kingdom mastabas
- The Pyramid of Unas and the Pyramid Texts
- The Serapeum galleries
Good to know
- Saqqara combines well with Dahshur and Memphis in one day.
- Some tombs open in rotation; check before planning a specific one.
Ways to experience it:Historical & archaeological
- Suggested visit
- Half day
- Coordinates
- 29.8713°N, 31.2165°E (approximate)
- Status
- Editorial draft · unverified
- Sources
- UNESCO World Heritage List — Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
- Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities — monuments portal
- Wikidata — Saqqara (Q192134)
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