Beneath the step pyramid winds a bewildering array of tunnels and chambers, the center of which is a 90-foot-deep (28 m) shaft that, at its bottom, contains the burial chamber of King Djoser.

SAQQARA – Egypt on Tuesday showcased an ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser ... buried there but in the famed Step Pyramid nearby. The two structures make ...

The Step Pyramid is the oldest known pyramid and ... revealing the tomb was never built as King Djoser's resting place. Kin Djoser, who ruled for about 19 years, is know for his use of stone ...

The Step Pyramid of Netjerikhet (also known as Djoser) is the oldest monumental ... the sarcophagus using ropes after the burial of the king during the Third Dynasty. There are hieroglyphs on ...

Tourists take pictures at the burial chamber and sarcophagus of King Djoser inside the standing step pyramid of Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt, March 5, 2020. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters The 60 ...

King Djoser was the second ruler of Egypt’s third dynasty and ... The monument Imhotep designed for Djoser is the oldest-known step pyramid, which is constructed of stone and arranged in layers to ...

Builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at ... roughly 62-meter-tall pyramid of King Djoser. This proposal, detailed by scientists in PLOS ...

SAQQARA – Egypt on Tuesday showcased an ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser ... buried there but in the famed Step Pyramid nearby. The two structures make ...

SAQQARA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Tuesday showcased an ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser ... there but in the famed Step Pyramid nearby.