Step Pyramid of Djoser

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ancient Egyptian monument archaeological site pyramid complex step pyramid

The Step Pyramid of Djoser is an early monumental stone pyramid complex at Saqqara, built for the pharaoh Djoser and regarded as the earliest large-scale cut-stone construction in Egypt.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Pyramid complex of Djoser 1
Pyramid of Djoser 1
Step Pyramid at Saqqara 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian monument ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
pyramid complex ⓘ
step pyramid ⓘ
architect Imhotep ⓘ
architecturalStyle step pyramid architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Osiris ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
baseLength about 121 metres ⓘ
baseShape rectangular ⓘ
baseWidth about 109 metres ⓘ
builtFor Djoser ⓘ
constructionMaterial cut stone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
constructionStartApprox 27th century BCE ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo Djoser ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Djoser
discoveredBy ancient Egyptians ⓘ
dynasty 3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: 3rd Dynasty
enclosureDimensions about 545 by 278 metres ⓘ
enclosureWallHeight about 10 metres ⓘ
estimatedHeight about 62 metres ⓘ
function mortuary complex ⓘ
royal tomb ⓘ
hasComponent South Tomb ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
dummy chapels ⓘ
enclosure wall ⓘ
serdab ⓘ
subterranean burial chambers ⓘ
temples ⓘ
heritageDesignation World Heritage Site component ⓘ
influenced later Old Kingdom pyramids ⓘ
isEarliestLargeScaleCutStoneConstructionIn Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn Memphis necropolis ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara
modernExcavationBy Jean-Philippe Lauer ⓘ
numberOfSteps 6 ⓘ
partOf Memphis necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Memphis archaeological zone

Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
period 3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Third Dynasty of Egypt
pharaoh Djoser ⓘ
precededBy mastaba tombs ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significance earliest known large-scale stone monument in Egypt ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Saqqara necropolis → bestKnownStructure → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
Djoser → burialMonument → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
Djoser → commissioned → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Step Pyramid at Saqqara
Saqqara necropolis → hasMajorMonument → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyramid of Djoser
Saqqara necropolis → hasMajorMonument → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyramid complex of Djoser
Old Kingdom of Egypt → hasMonument → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
Djoser → knownFor → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara
Saqqara necropolis → knownFor → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
Djoser → pyramidName → Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ