Step Pyramid of Djoser

The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid 

 

Pyramid of Sakkara : royal tomb in history built between 2737 BC. AD - 2717 BC..  

Located : in Saqqara, south of Cairo.  

Designed by the Minister Imhotep ( Meaning of his name coming in peace ) in the form of Six Steps above the tunnel descended to the burial site.

This first Egyptian pyramid consisted of six steps ( every step called Mastaba ) (of decreasing size) built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan. The pyramid originally stood 62 metres (203 ft) tall, with a base of 109 m × 125 m (358 ft × 410 ft) and was clad in polished white limestone. The step pyramid  is considered to be the earliest large-scale cut stone construction.

 

The group of  Djoser consists of the following:

•    Pyramid. Entrance hall. 
•    The funerary temple.  
•   Temple of Valentine's Day.  
•   South cemetery. 
•   Northern house
•   Southern house
•   Fence surrounds the whole aggregate.

King Djoser :

 

Djoser was the first or second king of the 3rd Dynasty (from 2667 BC to 2648 BC) of the Egyptian Old Kingdom (ca. 2686 to 2125 BC). He is believed to have ruled for 19 years or, if the 19 years were biennial taxation years, 38 years. He reigned long enough to allow the grandiose plan for his pyramid to be realized in his lifetime 

There were rumors that King Djoser is the King who came to him Joseph and his dreams interpreted.These rumors based on papyri reported the period welfare and dry period mentioned by Joseph the Prophet of God to Egypt's Pharaoh Djoser 

 

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