Saqqara necropolis

E20732

ancient Egyptian necropolis archaeological site

Saqqara necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial ground near Memphis, best known for the Step Pyramid of Djoser and its extensive complex of tombs and monuments spanning several dynasties.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saqqara	16
Memphis necropolis	3
South Saqqara	2
Saqqara Step Pyramid of Djoser	1
Saqqara, Egypt	1
Step Pyramid of Djoser	1
pyramid complex at Saqqara	1
royal pyramids at Saqqara	1
ruins of Memphis	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian necropolis ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsSince	19th century ⓘ
architectOfBestKnownStructure	Imhotep ⓘ
associatedWithCity	ancient city of Memphis ⓘ surface form: Memphis, ancient capital of Egypt
bestKnownStructure	Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
contains	animal necropolis ⓘ catacombs of sacred bulls (Apis) ⓘ mastabas ⓘ non-royal tombs ⓘ pyramids ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ royal tombs ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
earliestMajorConstruction	3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
function	burial ground for Memphis elite ⓘ religious and cultic center ⓘ
geographicalFeature	desert plateau west of Nile ⓘ
hasInscriptionType	Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ tomb reliefs ⓘ
hasMajorMonument	Imhotep Museum ⓘ Mastaba of Ti ⓘ Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ surface form: Pyramid complex of Djoser Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi ⓘ Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ surface form: Pyramid of Djoser Pyramid of Merenre ⓘ Pyramid of Pepi I ⓘ Pyramid of Pepi II ⓘ Pyramid of Sekhemkhet ⓘ Pyramid of Teti ⓘ Pyramid of Unas ⓘ Pyramid of Userkaf ⓘ Serapeum of Saqqara ⓘ Tomb of Horemheb (Saqqara) ⓘ Tomb of Maya and Merit ⓘ Tomb of Ptahhotep ⓘ
knownFor	Late Period and Ptolemaic burials ⓘ New Kingdom tombs ⓘ Old Kingdom mastaba tombs ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ surface form: Pyramid Texts inscriptions Serapeum of Saqqara ⓘ Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
locatedIn	Giza Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear	Memphis, Egypt ⓘ
namedAfter	Sokar (Seker), Memphite funerary god ⓘ
nearbySite	Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ surface form: Abusir necropolis Dahshur necropolis ⓘ
notableExcavators	Auguste Mariette ⓘ James Quibell ⓘ Jean-Philippe Lauer ⓘ Walter Bryan Emery ⓘ Zahi Hawass ⓘ
partOf	Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ Memphis ⓘ surface form: Memphis necropolis region
periodOfUse	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Djoser → burialPlace → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Pepi I Meryre → burialPlace → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Pepi II Neferkare → burialPlace → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Userkaf → burialPlace → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → burialSiteOfKings → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Pepi I Meryre → commissioned → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: pyramid complex at Saqqara

Giza Governorate → contains → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur → contains → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Step Pyramid of Djoser

Djoser → cultCenter → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Pyramid Texts → foundIn → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

Ineb-hedj → hasArchaeologicalSite → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: ruins of Memphis

Lower Egypt → hasArchaeologicalSites → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Early Dynastic Egypt → hasKeySite → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

ancient city of Memphis → hasNecropolis → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → hasRoyalNecropolis → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Old Kingdom of Egypt → hasSite → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Abu Sir necropolis → locatedBetween → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

Step Pyramid of Djoser → locatedIn → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Red Pyramid → locatedInRegion → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis necropolis

Memphis → locatedNear → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

ancient city of Memphis → locatedNear → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

Pharaonic Egypt → majorSite → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

Manf → nearNecropolis → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Memphis → nearbySite → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

this entity surface form: Saqqara Step Pyramid of Djoser

Mit Rahina → nearbySite → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Pyramid of Khafre → partOf → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis necropolis

Pyramid of Menkaure → partOf → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis necropolis

Step Pyramid of Djoser → partOf → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

Pepi II Neferkare → pyramidComplexLocation → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Saqqara

Djoser → pyramidLocation → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara, Egypt

Pepi I Meryre → pyramidLocation → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Saqqara

Userkaf → pyramidLocation → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saqqara

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → sourceOfEvidence → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: royal pyramids at Saqqara

Djoser → templeComplexLocation → Saqqara necropolis ⓘ