Saqqarah Vacations, Saqqarah Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

After we left Giza, we drove only a short distance to Saqqarah.  It is on this site that the very first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Zoser, was built.  It was designed and constructed by the architect Ihmotep, and was built with different tiers, sort of like a wedding cake.  There are other pyramids on the site, but the Step Pyramid stands out because of it's design and it's history.  It is known as the prototype for the rest of the pyramids. We walked around the pyramid ...

Saqqara or Sakkara is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, featuring the world's oldest standing step pyramid (29.871264° N 31.216381° E). It is located some 30 km south of modern-day Cairo and covers an area of around 7 km by 1.5 km.While Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt, Saqqara served as its necropolis. Although it was eclipsed as the burial ground of royalty by Giza and later by the Valley of the Kings in Thebes, it remained an important complex for minor burials and cult cer...

For me, visiting Saqqarah was amazing. Iv been fascinated by the ancient Egyptians and their architecture since I was little and now I was standing in front of the first pyramid prototype. I just remember thinking ‘ it IS real!’ When I touched it I felt like, I thought, 'im touching a stone that was placed there by workers almost 4000 years ago, im touching the same stone as he did'. Incredible. I was walking in the footsteps of the ancient Egyptians, yes a path that has been worn down fu...

with my family, a beautiful cruise along the Nile and eventually down to the great Temple of Abu Simbel add a week at Sharm el Sheik, where me made a very nice friend