Saqqara
Sign in to saveSaqqara ( : 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 .
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Saqqara is an Egyptian village that contains ancient pyramids and tombs, including the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser, and served as the burial ground for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The site is archaeologically significant because it preserves numerous royal mausoleums and mastaba tombs that provide insight into ancient Egyptian civilization.
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Early Dynastic
- Early Dynastic monuments
- Old Kingdom
- Old Kingdom monuments
- First Intermediate Period monuments
- Middle Kingdom
- Second Intermediate Period monuments
- New Kingdom
- New Kingdom monuments
- After the New Kingdom
- Monuments of the Late Period, the Graeco-Roman and later periods
- Site looting during 2011 protests
- Archaeology
- Recent Discoveries
- 2010s
- 2020s
- See also
- References
- External links
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 .
Saqqara contains the oldest complete stone building complex known in history, the Pyramid of Djoser, built during the Third Dynasty. Another sixteen Egyptian kings built pyramids at Saqqara, which are now in various states of preservation. High officials added private funeral monuments to this necropolis during the entire Pharaonic period. It remained an important complex for non-royal burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years, well into Ptolemaic and Roman times.