Sunday, March 11, 2007

Saqqara Step Pyramid

Egypt's first pyramid
Built by the Pharaoh Djoser circa 2630 B.C.





The Djoser complex includes a miniature city constructed so that the Pharaoh could work in the afterlife, just as he did in this life. The Djoser Pyramid complex had a heavy influence on the art deco movement in architecture.





7 comments:

  1. Mind boggling stuff. You wonder about the time element. Century after century of building monuments.

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  2. Great images Insurgent.

    Tell me, how do you get to these monuments? What is the transportation like? Is it 'tourist' hell? Bus loads of Germans elbowing people out of the way to get shots?

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