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Saqqara was the most important tomb of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis and the site of the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser, the first in the world according to scholars, and also one of the oldest large stone structures. This is the most important point of interest to visit Saqqara, but there are also other small temples and pyramids located next to the tombs of prestigious names and pharaohs such as Mereruka, Kagemni, Ankhmahor, Idut and Ti.Sights
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Introduction: The entire archaeological site of Saqqara covers an area of about 9 square kilometers and is located on the west bank of the Nile River, and is the largest necropolis of antiquity. It is a group of tombs belonging to the First Dynasty and will remain a tomb for the successive dynasties of the entire Old Empire until the Middle Empire decided to abandon it. Only with the new empire would Saqqara be used again as a necropolis for the royal tombs, and would be gradually abandoned and replaced by the Valley of the Kings. It is a must-see site to understand a bit of the spirituality of ancient Egypt. They believed that their spirit, which they called KA, was a part of a whole, that it grew into all things, and that, from beyond, it returned to the earth as a river. A vision meant that every living being was part of a cycle in which the mind was constantly renewed, a cycle represented by the sun rising every morning in the east and going to bed every evening in the west (which is why the east is represented by the realm of the living and the west as the realm of the dead). The Nile River was the natural boundary of these two worlds and that is why the ancient Egyptians built their tombs on its banks. And Saqqara, of course, was no exception. .
