I return to you with this video, as Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany, said that the archaeologists have unearthed another 32 ancient sarcophagi. He spoke at the famed Step ...

Apart from its eroding pyramids, Saqqara was known, by contrast, for its subterranean caverns, which locals raided for mummies to use as fertilizer and tourists ransacked for souvenirs.

Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures Cheap construction reduced the monument at Abusir in Egypt to rubble over millennia.

Map of the Saqqara plateau showing the water course from the Gisr el-Mudir dam to the water treatment facility near Djoser pyramid.

The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry signed a cooperation protocol with the General Authority for Tourism Development to prepare a strategic plan for the area located between Sphinx International ...

The Saqqara pyramid is an intermediate stage between the flat mounds, known as mastabas, of the earlier period and the smooth-sided classical pyramids of the type found at Giza, just outside the ...

In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids and potentially constructed about 4,500 ...

Runners participate in the Saqqara Pyramid Race in the Saqqara necropolis, south of the capital Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 17, 2023. The Saqqara Pyramid Race takes runners up close to Step Pyramid of ...

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced the discovery of another 100 sarcophagi found in three new burial shafts at ...

The Apis tombs at Saqqara Necropolis back on Egypt's tourist map Nevine El-Aref , Thursday 20 Sep 2012 The salvage operation of the Apis tombs known as the Serapeum is finally completed ...

Researchers have uncovered a potential explanation for how the iconic Pyramid of Djoser, believed to be the oldest in ancient Egypt, was built. The step pyramid, located in the Saqqara necropolis ...