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  2. Djoser - Wikipedia

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    The painted limestone statue of Djoser, now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, is the oldest known life-sized Egyptian statue. [9] Today, at the site in Saqqara where it was found, a plaster copy of it stands in place of the original. The statue was discovered during the Antiquities Service Excavations of 1924–1925.

  3. Pyramid of Djoser - Wikipedia

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    The pyramid of Djoser, [a] sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Zoser, Step Pyramid of Horus Neterikhet is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis. [4] It is the first Egyptian pyramid to be built. The 6-tier, 4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt. [5]

  4. Imhotep Museum - Wikipedia

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    The statue depicts the 19th Dynasty High Priest of Mut, Amenemopet, and his wife. In the entrance hall, the visitor is welcomed by a fragment of the Djoser statue on which one can read the name of the king and the architect Imhotep. This find was on loan from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and was exhibited only in the museum's opening months. [3]

  5. Imhotep - Wikipedia

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    Imhotep (/ ɪ m ˈ h oʊ t ɛ p /; [1] Ancient Egyptian: ỉỉ-m-ḥtp "(the one who) comes in peace"; [2] fl. c. 2625 BC) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.

  6. Saqqara - Wikipedia

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    Saqqara (Arabic: سقارة : saqqāra[t], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [sɑʔːɑːɾɑ]), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English / s ə ˈ k ɑːr ə /, is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, [1] that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. [2]

  7. Serdab - Wikipedia

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    'cold water') which became a loanword in Arabic for 'cellar' is an ancient Egyptian tomb structure that served as a chamber for the ka statue of a deceased individual. Used during the Old Kingdom , the serdab was a sealed chamber with a small slit or hole to allow the soul of the deceased to move about freely.

  8. Third Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    While Manetho names Necherophes, and the Turin King List names Nebka (a.k.a. Sanakht), as the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, [2] many contemporary Egyptologists believe Djoser was the first king of this dynasty, pointing out the order in which some predecessors of Khufu are mentioned in the Papyrus Westcar suggests that Nebka should be ...

  9. Rekhyt - Wikipedia

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    The statues of pharaohs standing on Rekhyt underline their “ruling over the Rekhyt”. As a symbol of the Egyptian servant population, the kings held the Rekhyt tightly in their hands. On the western wall of the second hypostyle hall in the Temple of Seti I in Abydos is a relief of Seti I , in which Seti kneels with the two-feather crown ...