Step pyramid

Old Kingdom Egypt was an important period of ancient Egyptian history made famous for the building of the Step Pyramid.

EGYPT archaeologists have restarted work in Saqqara following lockdown restrictions and Egyptologist Dr Chris Naunton says they have jumped straight into the deep end in an excavation that could reveal more about famous missing royal Imhotep.

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The Bible does not assert that the Israelites were involved in building the pyramids. So what does the Bible really claim about the Israelites’ forced labor for the Pharaoh?

The city of Ur was one of the most important Sumerian city states in ancient Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BC. One of best preserved and most spectacular remains of this ancient city is the Great Ziggurat of Ur.

Pascal Sebah, The Step pyramid, Egypt, 190x250mm, C1860s

Step Pyramid of King Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt

CH.6: Steps of the Great Pyramid

The Step Pyramid of Djoser, 27th century BCE, at the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt.

The two principal building materials used in ancient Egypt were unbaked mud brick and stone. From the Old Kingdom onward stone was generally used for tombs—the eternal dwellings of the dead—and for temples—the eternal houses of the gods. Mud brick remained the domestic material, used even for royal palaces; it was also used for fortresses, the great walls of temple precincts and towns, and for subsidiary buildings in temple complexes. Most ancient Egyptian towns have been lost because they…