Djoser

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Third Dynasty pharaoh ancient Egyptian pharaoh

Djoser was an early pharaoh of Egypt’s Third Dynasty best known for commissioning the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, one of the earliest large-scale stone monuments in history.

Aliases (1)

Pharaoh Djoser ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Third Dynasty pharaoh → ancient Egyptian pharaoh →
associatedDeity	Horus → Ra →
associatedWith	Imhotep →
burialMonument	Step Pyramid of Djoser →
burialPlace	Saqqara →
capital	Memphis →
commissioned	Step Pyramid at Saqqara →
cultCenter	Saqqara →
culturalSignificance	earliest known royal stone pyramid complex →
dynasty	Third Dynasty of Egypt →
era	Early Old Kingdom →
governedFrom	Memphis →
hasLegacy	model for later Old Kingdom pyramids →
hasTitle	Lord of the Two Lands → Pharaoh of Egypt →
kingdom	Old Kingdom of Egypt →
knownFor	Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara → earliest large-scale stone architecture in Egypt →
language	Egyptian language →
memorialType	mortuary complex at Saqqara →
monumentType	step pyramid →
name	Djoser → Netjerikhet →
nationality	ancient Egyptian →
possibleFather	Khasekhemwy →
possibleMother	Nimaathap →
predecessor	Khasekhemwy →
pyramidArchitect	Imhotep →
pyramidFunction	royal tomb →
pyramidLocation	Saqqara, Egypt →
pyramidMaterial	limestone →
pyramidName	Step Pyramid of Djoser →
regionRuled	Lower Egypt → Upper Egypt →
reignEnd	circa 2640 BCE →
reignStart	circa 2670 BCE →
religion	ancient Egyptian religion →
royalTitle	Horus name Netjerikhet → nsw-bity (King of Upper and Lower Egypt) →
spouse	Hetephernebti →
successor	Sekhemkhet →
successorMonument	Buried Pyramid of Sekhemkhet →
templeComplexLocation	Saqqara necropolis →
timePeriod	Third Millennium BCE →
writingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Step Pyramid of Djoser →	builtFor
Step Pyramid of Djoser ("Pharaoh Djoser") →	dedicatedTo
Ineb-hedj →	linkedToRuler
Djoser →	name
Old Kingdom of Egypt →	notableRuler
Step Pyramid of Djoser →	pharaoh