AN UNUSUAL perspective of the Step Pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis. Built by the second Pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, Zoser (2654-2635 BC), the Step Pyramid was originally constructed as a one-storey tomb or mastaba. During the Pharaoh's reign the architect greatly increased the base area and built successive steps to form the first pyramid-shaped structure in Egyptian history, forerunner of the Pyramids on the Giza Plateau.
AN UNUSUAL perspective of the Step Pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis. Built by the second Pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, Zoser (2654-2635 BC), the Step Pyramid was originally constructed as a one-storey tomb or mastaba. During the Pharaoh's reign the architect greatly increased the base area and built successive steps to form the first pyramid-shaped structure in Egyptian history, forerunner of the Pyramids on the Giza Plateau.
