The World’s Oldest Pyramid: The Step Pyramid of Djoser
Before Giza, there was Djoser. Discover the world’s oldest pyramid at Saqqara — who built it, what made it revolutionary, and the debate over what “oldest” really means.
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Before Giza, there was Djoser. Discover the world’s oldest pyramid at Saqqara — who built it, what made it revolutionary, and the debate over what “oldest” really means.
On the east bank of the Nile in southern Egypt lies a stretch of ruins so vast that the ancient Greeks called it the city of a hundred gates. The