Saqqara pyramid

The establishment of the pyramid of King Djoser in the third dynasty in Saqqara, where it was designed by the architect Imhotep is this pyramid tomb first Royal Memorial is one of the oldest stone buildings in Egypt

The latest Minister of King Djoser (Imhotep) a radical change in architecture is in the following points:

1 - Badia take the graveyard pyramidal shape.

2 - mimic the characteristics of plant architecture and architecture as the ancestors did.

3 - beginning use as a Asabh stones in construction instead of brick.

The group consists of Djoser Hierarchical the following:

Step Pyramid. Entrance hall. The funerary temple. Temple Valentine's Day - a dam. Study of the statue. South Cemetery. House north. House south. Fence surrounds the entire group.

Saqqara pyramid complex

Pyramid of Saqqara the first royal tomb in history built between 2737 BC. AD - 2717 BC. AD. Located in the Saqqara south of Giza at a distance of a mile from the cliff Saqqara.

Originally designed the tomb of Pharaoh Djoser by the Minister Imhotep in the form of six terraces above the tunnel descends to the burial site, Pyramid has passed six changes to the scheme before the completion of

Its current form.

This pyramid first known building a memorial made of stones in the world, as evidenced by his name is a series of six levels of stone decreasing in size until it reaches a height of 62 meters (200 feet) and a rectangular base measuring 390 -350 feet.

Until that time, the terrace is the main form of tomb architecture began Pyramid originally Kmustbh, and may have been the original vision should not be a pyramid as far as to be a series of terraces decreasing in size and stack one on top of the other.

Exterior

Most of the outer shell of the pyramid you go, and in some points sections of the main building also disappeared, it is clear that there were various stages of construction, featuring the best shape of the pyramid from the eastern side.

After the construction of the third phase, began the process to make it a pyramid real, Kdastkhaddmt more than 200,000 tons of stones to build Almustptin additional figs had been placed above the four existing, maker of it a pyramid with six degrees, and then added the face of the limestone white on the north side of the pyramid.

Pyramid is one of the most important effects of the eternal rest of the ancient Egyptians where the first thing that should be talking about is the terrace this first terrace when it was built for the first time was built in order to be just a bench built of local stone covered with a layer of limestone was a height of about 26 feet and displayed 207 feet

Internal structure

Burial chamber of King built of granite. During the exploration period of 1924-1926, was found on the statue of Djoser in the burial chamber. The statue was distorted but coherent, and is now displayed in the Cairo Museum.