Yesterday afternoon our group visited Memphis and Saqqara. Saqqara is significant because it is the location of of the oldest freestanding stone building in the world. The architect of this structure was the vizier and physician Imhotep. Zoser reigned about 2600 B.C.
Hachette World Guide on Cairo, Alexandria and Environs, describes the pyramid in these terms:
The Step Pyramid is formed of six unequal sections and is not, in the strict sense, a pyramid tat all. The plan is not square, but oblong in the S-W sense, and the summit is formed by a terrace (also oblong) and not by a Pyramidion. The dimensions of the base are approximately 397 feet by 357 feet. The present height of the Pyramid is 193 feet. It would originally have been some 196 feet. The verticle slope of the steps is on an average of some 16°, the horizontal [slope is] 22°.
Many of the structures of ancient Egypt are in need of repair, and many are being repaired. I noticed scaffolding on all sides of the pyramid.
The Step Pyramid of Zoser at Saqqara. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins.
This pyramid, as well as the great pyramids of Giza, was built long before the time of the biblical characters who visited Egypt — Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, et al.
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