Saqqara

The Great Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara is one of those superstars of Egyptian monuments that are almost always on the itinerary of antiquity tours to Egypt. Few monuments hold a place in human history as significant as that of this Pyramid. It can be said without exaggeration that the Step Pyramid complex constitutes a milestone in the evolution of monumental stone architecture, both in Egypt and in the world as a whole. It is the beginning of an evolutionary period that would eventually see the polished, smooth faced true pyramids of the 4th Dynasty master builders. In a 19th Dynasty inscription found in South Saqqara, the ancient Egyptians were already describing its builder as the ”opener of stone”.



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