It was believed that King Menes founded Memphis around 3100BC. [Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]

It was the first pyramid in Egyptian history [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

King Djoser - his face mutilated due to gouging out of the inlaid eyes. [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

King Menes was the ruler responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. [Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]

Memphis, situated at the head of the Nile Delta, was a majestic city in its days. [Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphi

Monuments include the earliest ancient funerary structures to Coptic monasteries [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Opening hours at the open-air museum. [Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]

Prior to this, royal tombs were underground rooms covered by low sandy mounds [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Ptah was the chief Memphite god. [Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]

Rameses II built more buildings & had more colossal statues than any other Egyptian kings. [Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina vil

Rameses II, son of Sethos I, reigned in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom. [Rameses II - Memphis - Egypt]

Saqqara became the royal necropolis for the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Saqqara is one of the richest archaeological sites in Egypt [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Statue of King Djoser viewed through a peephole. [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt