←Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser, Markaz al Badrashayn, Giza, Egypt
Saqqara — the oldest stone building of its scale.
Designed by Imhotep around 2670 BC, this is the earliest large-scale cut-stone construction in the world — six mastabas stacked, 62 metres high. The surrounding complex reproduces in stone what had until then been built in reed, timber and mudbrick: engaged columns imitating bundled reeds, and dummy chapels with doors carved permanently open. A fourteen-year restoration reopened it in 2020.
- Frame
- _DSC6062.jpg
- Date taken
- 2026-02-17 10:58:36
- Camera
- Sony ILCE-7RM4
- Lens
- FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
- Focal
- 41mm
- Aperture
- f/5
- Shutter
- 1/1600
- ISO
- 100
- Exposure
- Program AE
- Metering
- Multi-segment
- Flash
- Off, Did not fire
- White balance
- Auto
- Colour
- sRGB
- Place
- Markaz al Badrashayn, Giza, Egypt
- GPS
- 29.86930, 31.21695
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29.86930, 31.21695