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Long Live the Step Pyramid!

Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland
Academic Editor: Ioannis Liritzis
Heritage 2022, 5(3), 2615-2627; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage5030136
Received: 30 July 2022 / Revised: 3 September 2022 / Accepted: 5 September 2022 / Published: 7 September 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Sands of Time—3000 Years of Human Activity at Saqqara, Egypt)
The paper discusses the role of the funerary complex built for Netjerykhet (Djoser) in the landscape of Memphis and Saqqara necropolis as a ritual, cultural and visual reference point. Additionally, an interpretation of its meaning and purpose, including the above- and underground structures as well as the so-called Dry Moat, is presented. View Full-Text
Keywords: Saqqara; Memphis; Old Kingdom; Step Pyramid; Netjerykhet; Djoser; cemetery Saqqara; Memphis; Old Kingdom; Step Pyramid; Netjerykhet; Djoser; cemetery
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