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Enjoy a personalized and tailor-made tour with a private Egyptologist guide, driver, Tour will be tailored just for you and will suit your needs and your budget. Avoid the crowds with your own private guide & private vehicle during your tour to the Pyramid of Saqqara,
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Enjoy a personalized and tailor-made tour with a private Egyptologist guide, driver, Tour will be tailored just for you and will suit your needs and your budget. Avoid the crowds with your own private guide & private vehicle during your tour to the Pyramid of Saqqara,
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Stop At: Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Saqqara, the oldest complete stone building complex known in history was built, the Pyramid of Djoser, built during the Third Dynasty. Another sixteen Egyptian kings built pyramids at Saqqara, which are now in various states of preservation. High officials added private funeral monuments to this necropolis during the entire Pharaonic period. It remained an important complex for non-royal burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years, well into Ptolemaic and Roman times.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara Egypt
The Pyramid of Djoser (or Djeser and Zoser), or Step Pyramid (kbhw-ntrw in Egyptian), is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. The 6-tier, 4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt.It was built in the 27th century BC during the Third Dynasty for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser. The pyramid is the central feature of a vast mortuary complex in an enormous courtyard surrounded by ceremonial structures and decoration.
The pyramid went through several revisions and redevelopments of the original plan. The pyramid originally stood 62.5 metres (205 ft) tall, with a base of 109 m × 121 m (358 ft × 397 ft) and was clad in polished white limestone
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
