Step Pyramid of Djoser
Around 4,700 years ago, during the Third Dynasty, Egyptian civilization saw a revolution take place in architecture and design. At the royal necropolis of Saqqara, King Djoser instructed his royal vizier and architect Imhotep to build a unique structure.
Up until that point, Egyptologists say that tombs in Egypt were made of mud-brick and lesser materials. They used stones, although in very small quantities. The mastabas had remained the tombs for the Egyptians since pre-dynastic times.
However, 4,700 years ago, things changed.
Imhotep was a young architect and had refreshing, revolutionary ideas, and the pharaoh recognized that.
Djoser gave the young imhotep free hands in designing and building his newest monument.
Imhotep did not disappoint.
Although most of what we know about the Step pyramid and its intricate pyramid complex is archeological guesswork because of the complete lack of written accounts, some experts believe the Step Pyramid at SAQARA was not intended to be such from the beginning.
