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The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Kairo und Gizeh

Sakkara, Memphis und Dahschur

Die erste Pyramide, die erste echte Pyramide und die erste Hauptstadt, 30 km südlich von Gizeh.

Stufenpyramide
König Djoser, um 2670 v. Chr., Architekt Imhotep, 62 m
Dahschur
Knickpyramide und Rote Pyramide des Snofru, um 2600 v. Chr.
Memphis
Freilichtmuseum in Mit Rahina: Koloss Ramses’ II., Alabaster-Sphinx
Gräber
Kagemni, Ti, Mereruka; Pyramide des Teti mit Pyramidentexten

Sakkara ist die Nekropole von Memphis, der Hauptstadt des Alten Reiches, mit der Stufenpyramide des Djoser (um 2670 v. Chr.), dem ersten monumentalen Steinbau; in Dahschur stehen die Knick- und die Rote Pyramide des Snofru (um 2600 v. Chr.), die ersten echten Pyramiden, und die Rote Pyramide kann man betreten. Ein geführter Tag dauert sieben Stunden ab Kairo mit Mittagessen, oder ein langer Tag mit dem Bus ab Hurghada.

Der Besuch

Imhotep built Djoser's pyramid as six mastabas stacked on each other inside a walled enclosure the size of a town, with a colonnade of forty columns, a courtyard for the king's jubilee race and dummy chapels carved to imitate reed buildings in stone. It is where the idea of the pyramid began, and where Egyptian architecture became stone.

The noble tombs around it, Ti, Kagemni and Mereruka, are painted with the daily life of the Old Kingdom: fishing, hunting hippos, brewing beer, feasting. The pyramid of Teti, when open, has the Pyramid Texts carved in its chamber. The Serapeum, the underground galleries of the Apis bulls, is an optional extra.

Dahshur, 10 km south, is where Sneferu learned to build a true pyramid. The Bent Pyramid changes angle halfway up after the first attempt cracked; the Red Pyramid next to it got the angle right and is the model for Giza. Its descending passage and three corbelled chambers are included on our tour. Memphis itself is fields and palms now; its open-air museum keeps the 10 m colossus of Ramses II.

Tipps unserer Guides

  • Saqqara is exposed; go early and carry water
  • The Red Pyramid interior is easier than Khufu's and rarely crowded
  • Combine with Giza only if you have a 10-hour day; otherwise take two days

Beste Zeit: Oktober bis April; ganzjährig am Vormittag.

Fragen

Yes. Giza has the size; Saqqara has the origin of the pyramid, the painted tombs and far fewer visitors. Most of our repeat guests rate it their favourite day in Cairo.
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