Skip to content
Tut-Egypt.Tours
The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Caïro en Gizeh

Saqqara, Memphis en Dahshur

De eerste piramide, de eerste echte piramide en de eerste hoofdstad, 30 km ten zuiden van Gizeh.

Trappiramide
koning Djoser, ca. 2670 v.Chr., architect Imhotep, 62 m
Dahshur
Knikpiramide en Rode Piramide van Snofroe, ca. 2600 v.Chr.
Memphis
openluchtmuseum in Mit Rahina: kolos van Ramses II, albasten sfinx
Graven
Kagemni, Ti, Mereruka; piramide van Teti met Piramideteksten

Saqqara is de necropolis van Memphis, de hoofdstad van het Oude Rijk, met de trappiramide van Djoser (ca. 2670 v.Chr.), het eerste monumentale stenen bouwwerk; Dahshur heeft de Knik- en Rode Piramide van Snofroe (ca. 2600 v.Chr.), de eerste echte piramides, en de Rode Piramide kunt u binnengaan. Een begeleide dag duurt zeven uur vanuit Caïro met lunch, of een lange dag per touringcar vanuit Hurghada.

Het bezoek

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.

Tips van onze gidsen

  • 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 tijd: Oktober tot april; het hele jaar in de ochtend.

Vragen

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.
29.8712 N, 31.2165 EOpenen in Google Maps

Excursies naar Saqqara en Dahshur