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(2649 - 2150 BC) |
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(2649 - 2575 BC) |
Sanakhte (r. 2649 - 2630 BC) is said to
be the founder of this dynasty. Little information is known about
him.
Limestone statue of
Djoser originally found
in the Serdab of
his Step Pyramid.
image courtesy of
The Egypt Archive |
He was succeeded by Djoser (r. 2630 - 2611) whose
era was a golden one. The Egyptian civilization witnessed a significant
progress in fields of architecture, art and agriculture.
It was Djoser (Also known as Netjerykhet or Zoser or Tosorthos) who
built the first pyramid of its kind in Egypt at Saqqara,
the great step
pyramid. And it was his vizier ,
engineer and architect Imhotep ,
who was responsible fo this task. Imhotep was a high priest of God
Ptah
as well.
The building was part of a big complex at Saqqara. The complex includes
also temples, halls and gazebos, corridors.
Djoser also fought conquerors on eastern (nomads) and western borders
(Libyans) and sent military campaigns to Nubia
in the south.
Afterwards pyramids became a phenomenon of Old
Kingdom kings, as each of them tended to build one at least to
immortalize his name.
Sekhemkhet (r. 2611 -
2603) built an unfinished
pyramid in Saqqara. His successor Huni (r. 2599 - 2575) built
a pyramid in Meidum,
50 km (31 miles) south of Saqqara. This pyramid was probably completed by King
Snefru, as Huni died before completing it.
He married Meresankh who gave born to Snefru, the first king of the
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