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63 reviews 11 travel blogs 10 photos Attraction Type:
Ancient ruins, Architectural building, Landmark/point of interest
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Step Pyramid of Djoser Cairo
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Wow What an Adventure!
Entry containing 62 photos titled: Over Egypt, Landing , Street Police are everywhere, Rooftop, Coming around, City, Sun, Driving, Looky Looky, In the Distance, Coming into Giza, Giza, Sunset, Metal, Cairo Traffic, The Nile, Tahrir Square, Cairo Museum, Pharoah, The Mall, Cairo Museum Entrance, Cairo
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Day 18 – More Pyramids
Just like AMTRAK, the train was over an hour late getting into Giza Station. We were met by Saggy and quickly put in our van. We were on a crazy ride to Dahshur to see the Red and Bent Pyramids. These pyramids have only recently been open to the public. It used to be on military property. Both pyramids were built by Snefru, father of Khufu who …
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Cairo, Ancient Wonders and New Friends
During our flight from Athens to Cairo on Olympic Airlines, Kurt leans across the isle and whispers, “We’re the only ones wearing shorts.” It’s true. In our effort to be on time to the airport, we have given no thought to our manner of dress for our trip to Cairo. Three of us are in shorts.
Standing in the …
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Related BlogsStep Pyramid of Djoser Cairo
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Cairo
... is where some of the first pyramids were built and perfected before being expressed in the designs at Giza. We visited the Step Pyramid of Djoser, which being built in the 27th century BC is the oldest stone monument in the world and the first ever ...
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Land Of The Pharohs
... amp;%$ HOT!! I spent about 9 days in all in Egypt before heading south on Safari. It started off at the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara and ended with Abu Simbel. I had alot concerns from friends and co-workers about going to Egypt and ...
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Walk(er) like an Egyptian
... . My day started at Saqqara; Saqqara was the old site and is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt where I saw the step pyramid of Djoser and visited the Imhotep Museum. Next stop was Dahshur, where I took the long and somewhat difficult trek to ...
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Ending up in Cairo two weeks ahead of plan
... that was built for the kings and nobles of the Old Kingdom, which was centered around the capital city Memphis. The Step Pyramid of Djoser, King of Egypt from 2667 to 2648 BC, was the first pyramid built in Egypt. While it was definitely amazing to stand ...
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I Can't Meditate While You Stare At Me!
... at our first destination, Saqqara. Saqqara is the site of the first Pharoanic pyramids, the most famous being the Step Pyramid of Djoser, and the Imhotep Museum, named after the origional pyramid architect, Imhotep. Most of the site is ruins ...
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Happy New Year! Now is the time for pyramids.
... weaving in and out of each other. We did manage to make it in one piece. In Saqqara, we visited the step pyramid of Djoser and adjacent funerary complex, the pulverized pyramids of Userkaf and Titi(which resembled piles of rubble more than pyramids), ...
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First full day in Cairo...
... statue and they second largest Sphinx statue in the area. After this place we headed over to Saqqara home of the Step Pyramid of Djoser. It was really impressive with its size however its location was kind of interesting. We were ...
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You like camel?
... on a price and were taken to Saqqara and Memphis. At Saqqara is the oldest stone monument in the world, the step pyramid of Djoser. It is more crude than the other, larger pyramids, but impressive still. As were the paintings in the surrounding ...
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Day 19 - A Fond Farewell
... ) but I was relaxed about it. Whatever it was, she was in a bad mood! At Saqqara we saw the Step Pyramid of Zoser and surrounding areas including the Mastaba of Ti and Philosophers Circle. The latter was nothing special, just some old and wrecked ...
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Foggy pyramids
... also crocodiles and hippos. There are fishermen, men dancing and farming. Amazing. We then drove up to the original pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser. This is being restored at the moment. After lunch at a local restaurant we drove back to Giza. Life ...
Step Pyramid of Djoser Map
- Tomb of Nefer
- Mastaba of Mereruka Tomb
- Djoser's Pyramid
- Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep's Mastaba
- Pyramids of Dahshour
- Serapium
- Mastaba of Ti
- Pyramid of Unas
- Dakhla Oasis
- Abu Rawash (Abu Rowash)
- Bent Pyramid
- Abydos
- Physician's Tomb (Mastaba of Ankh-Mahor)
- Presidential Nile Odyssey
- Tanis
- North Pyramid
- Temple of Karnak
- Temple of Khnum
- Great Sphinx
- Prestige Equestrian Egypt