Alas! Could this be Anubis? [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

As the city grew, so did its necropolis [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Baksheesh for three, donkey incuded. [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

Colonnaded corridor of 40 pillars, ribbed in imitation palm stems. [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]

It spanned an area over 6 km long and more than 1.5 km wide. [Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - 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]

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

Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt

Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt

Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt