Saqqara

Saqqara ( : saqqāra[t], ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, that contains ancient mausoleum crypts of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. Saqqara contains numerous pyramids, including the Pyramid of Djoser, sometimes referred to as the Step Pyramid, and a number of mastaba tombs. Located some south of modern-day Cairo, Saqqara covers an area of around .

Archeological site in Egypt

ancient stone engraving from the Ramesside Period of Egypt

Smooth-sided pyramid

Egyptian pharaoh

ancient Egyptian step pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

ancient Egyptian mastaba tomb

manicurists of Pharaoh Niuserre

bird-shaped artifact made of sycamore wood

smooth-sided pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

Burial place of Apis bulls in Saqqara

smooth-sided pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

ancient Egyptian stone artifact

building in Egypt

ancient Egyptian statue

ancient Egyptian grave at the necropolis of Saqqara

one of the oldest known stone structures in Egypt

ancient Egyptian mastaba

The Bubasteum or Bubasteion was a Ptolemaic and Roman temple complex dedicated to Bastet in the cliff face of the desert boundary of Saqqara. In Arabic the place is called Abwab el-Qotat ("The Gates of the Cats").

tomb originally made for Horemheb before he became pharaoh

building in Africa