clioancientart:It is quite incredible to think that virtually overnight Pharaoh Djoser (2,630-2,611
clioancientart:It is quite incredible to think that virtually overnight Pharaoh Djoser (2,630-2,611 BC) and his famed official Imhotep developed a comprehensive and successful program for building truly massive buildings out of cut stone blocks. In contrast, the most sophisticated architecture to have preceded their Step Pyramid complex, while sometimes of great size was always constructed of mud brick with perhaps a few key elements of cut stone. Surrounded by its vast enclosure wall, measuring 277 x 544 meters, the enormous bulk of the Step Pyramid at Saqarra is made all the more impressive by the emptiness of much of the courtyard and the low slung subsidiary buildings framing part of the enclosure’s interior. The first image here shows the colonnade entrance to the complex’s courtyard as seen from atop the south enclosure wall, looking into the complex. The second image is, of course, the Step Pyramid itself, with the ruins of the Pyramid of Userkaf in the distance.Photo Credits: Clio Ancient Art and Antiquities -- source link
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