The Stepped Pyramid

Another early Pyramid design in the vast Necropolis of Saqqara, the City of the Dead.. Two hundred years of digging have not revealed its secrets buried under the desert sand since the 3rd Dynasty, around 2630 BC. for Djoser. The necropolis complex is 6km x 1.5km and the Step Pyramid is the oldest man made stone structure that we know of.

Pyramids day today, all day

October 14th 2017
Today I pigged out on pyramids. Over 300 Pyramids were built during the 3,000 year reign of the Pharaohs. Pyramids were always exclusively for burial of the Pharaoh, his wife and children. They were designed with the journey crossing through the underworld and the after life in mind. The Pharaoh was a god in human form and was therefore associated with that God, it's beliefs and practices. The ar ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza » Saqqarah

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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