Image Saqqara Step Pyramid EG051115jhp by Jim Henderson

 
Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis > Saqqara Step Pyramid EG051115jhp
This gallery contains pictures of the two main sites usually visited together on a day trip south of Cairo - Saqqara with the famous Step Pyramid, a huge necropolis with many tombs and other pyramids and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt now will an open air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the huge partial statue of Ramasses 11.
Saqqara Step Pyramid EG051115jhp Egypt limestone stones bricks Step Pyramid Saqqara north west corner dating from around 2500BC to the south of Cairo is the earliest stone built monument in Egypt and probably in the world and near the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis and was designed by Imhotep, one of the greatest minds in ancient Egypt and later deified as a God. Construction is with small bricks of fine white limestone giving this huge building a very delicate structure and aesthetic appearance. Still one of the highlights of any visit to Egypt, despite the wealth of fantastic places to see, and for me best enjoyed towards the evening when the site is often quiet and the face of the pyramid from the colonnade entrance is bathed in soft golden light. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Bedrashein, necropolis, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, landscape, royal, tombs, Step, pyramid, Zoser, Djoser, pharaoh, king, Imhotep, chief, works, architect, first, funerary, desert, sand, colonnade, limestone, stones, bricks, levels, steps, mastaba, style, north, west, corner, construction
© Jim Henderson
back one image forward one image

Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Saqqara & Memphis
Filename:
Saqqara Step Pyramid EG051115jhp
Upload Date: 2005-04-20 10:14:35
Photo Size: 10mb 5313x3555 pixels
Preview:
  comp 840x562

Caption:

Egypt limestone stones bricks Step Pyramid Saqqara north west corner

dating from around 2500BC to the south of Cairo is the earliest stone built monument in Egypt and probably in the world and near the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis and was designed by Imhotep, one of the greatest minds in ancient Egypt and later deified as a God. Construction is with small bricks of fine white limestone giving this huge building a very delicate structure and aesthetic appearance. Still one of the highlights of any visit to Egypt, despite the wealth of fantastic places to see, and for me best enjoyed towards the evening when the site is often quiet and the face of the pyramid from the colonnade entrance is bathed in soft golden light.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Bedrashein, necropolis, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, landscape, royal, tombs, Step, pyramid, Zoser, Djoser, pharaoh, king, Imhotep, chief, works, architect, first, funerary, desert, sand, colonnade, limestone, stones, bricks, levels, steps, mastaba, style, north, west, corner, construction