Pyramid of Saqqara Amphitheater
The pyramid is known as Zuser, one of the most important monuments in the Saqqara region, which is located in the northwestern part of the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt. The city of Memphis is currently known as the Egyptian Giza. It is located about thirty kilometers from the southern side of the Egyptian capital Cairo. The northern side is Abu Sir, and from the south is Dahshur. The pyramid covers an area of one and a half kilometers and reaches a height of sixty-two meters.
Its history and discovery
The pyramid was built in the northern part of the Saqqara plateau in the 27 th century BC, after King Zoser, the royal architect Emhotep, to be a place to bury the nobles of the ancient Egyptian families who lived in the Saqqara region and was the first burial place for King Abidus.
The researcher John Bering introduced the pyramid to explore the features of the pyramid in the year 1837, and he was able to discover many mummies and chambers in the lower part of the pyramid. In the year 1900, the German consul Heinrich von Mottoli visited the pyramid , And the Italian engineer Girulano Sigato. The explorers found fragments of a mummy in the interior corridors of the pyramid. The most important features of these fragments are covered with gold metal. Von Minutoli was delegated by the German Tsar and the Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha at the time for the transfer of these fragments and monuments to Germany. These monuments were loaded into the Jotfried ship, which sank when it began to approach the German port of Hamburg; Loss of these effects.
Parts and features
Large trench: The width of the ditch to forty meters, and the length of the length to seven hundred and fifty meters, and studies have not resulted in the depth of the trench. Wall: The pyramid is surrounded by a wall of length of one thousand six hundred and forty-five meters, which is built of limestone. The southern cemetery: This cemetery is still a mystery of the mysteries that puzzled the scientists, because they are built of limestone, and take a rectangular shape, and orthogonal from the northwestern part of the warrior starts from the cemetery, and ends in the western part of the gallery, Heads of the snake bridge. Funeral Temple: The temple was built in the northern part of the pyramid, one of the forms that shows the sanctification of King Pharaoh at the time, and the temple has one entrance located in the south-east. Other parts: Temple T, basement, two cabins, the northern plaza, and the arches
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