Our guide Aladino took us on a bus excursion out into the Sahara Desert near the city of Memphis Egypt. We went there to see the UNESCO world heritage site called the Saqqara Archaeological site and Imhopted Museum. One of the amazing items we saw was the Step Pyramid of Djoser.

The height of the pyramid was amazing and larger than you would expect for the first large stone structure in the world. It is 62.5 metres high (205 ft).  It was constructed in (2667—2448 BC), Amazing to think that this Djoser step Pyramid is the first all-stone complex ever built on earth.

These were not the normal Giza pyramids that everyone goes to see in Cairo. For us, Saqqara was a site that was more interesting than the Giza Pyramids.

Scattered around the area of Djoser’s Step Pyramid are more than ten other pyramids and a large number of tombs and burial temples.

We were able to enter into several of the Pyramids at Saqqara.  We had to climb to the entrance on the outside of the pyramid which was a fair distance from the base.

We climbed the outside of the pyramid until we reached the entrance.

Once we reached the entrance, we began our descent into the centre of the pyramid. The incline into the pyramid was around 45 degrees and went for around 30 meters or more into the centre of the pyramid.

The  centre of the pyramid contained one or more chambers with small crawl spaces that went between the chambers.

The camber was large and there was a set of wooden stairs that led to the inside top of the pyramid.

We walked up the stairs and eventually reached the top. The  white stones were piled with each row inset slightly above the row below.

We decided to take a selfie at the very top of the inside of the pyramid.

What wasn’t noticeable at first was the local residents. As we took a closer look we found that there were literally hundreds of bats in the pyramid hanging just above out heads.

We explored the pyramid for a while before heading back up the steep incline to the exit. We then took a well deserved rest before going to see and explored more of the Saqqara Archaeological site.

There are a large amount of  burial sites that date before the beginning of the Old Kingdom up through the Greek Period of Egyptian history.

One tomb in particular was the  tomb of Mereruka.

We went to explore this amazing tomb which was built around 2330BC. This tomb contains more that 30 chambers with some of the chambers decorated with scenes and inscriptions.

Below are just a few of the detailed and beautiful carvings in the Tomb of Mereruka.

There was a large tomb encasement that remained in one of the chambers.

We looked inside the tomb encasement and could see hieroglyphic writing.

The entire site of the Saqqara Necropolis is one of the largest burial sites in all of Egypt, We enjoyed our time at the Saqqara Archaeological site.. There were so many things to see and explore. What an amazing visit to the somewhat remote and overlooked historical site.

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