[kl-bogel] Necropolis at Saqqara. Part 1
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Necropolis at Saqqara, one of the oldest in Egypt, and certainly the biggest. At the cemetery people were buried throughout Egyptian history until the Roman era. The second reason is the huge size of the necropolis of its location. Saqqara is located next to Memphis, the city was the capital of Egypt since the Old Kingdom. So here was built many pyramids of the pharaohs, hundreds of tombs of Egyptian officials and other aristocrats.
Reach
the necropolis of Sakkara in Cairo relatively difficult to taxi it will
cost somewhere around 40 - 50 pounds. Of course, one should not think
that every Cairene taxi driver knows where the Sakkara, have a little
stretch him and myself too. If you do not know Arabic, it is pointless
to seek to present knowledgeable driver, they will all be ready to go
anywhere and only later discover that the Egyptians did not know the way
... This problem is easily solved, he will start asking how to go at
all counterclaims and cross-section of local residents as we move
towards the goal.
I
have arranged with the driver that he was waiting for me for two hours
until I go to the necropolis. But it so happened that I used to climb
for four hours and my taxi driver is naturally left. In general only
himself to blame. I had to rush about in search of returnable transport
and to agree to "terrible" $ 15 with the local carrier.
Above the clouds go Sakkara gloomy, austere silence enveloped the edge ...
Me
that day not much luck with the weather, cold wind was blowing very
strong from the desert. Sometimes had to sit for long periods between
the dunes, the wind literally blew from the hills. Tripod constantly
falling, the camera clogged with sand, and once again I decided that she
came to the skiff, but in the end everything was ok. As the result of
bad weather, I could not see the southern part of Sakkara, had only
limited inspection of Zoser and surrounding complex of pyramids UNISA,
Userkafa and aunt.
The
biggest and most famous sakkarskaya pyramid - the pyramid of Pharaoh
Djoser. It towers above the necropolis, and is visible from all sides.
Pyramid erected an ingenious architect Imhotep Old Kingdom about 2650
BC. er., according to legend it was he who came up with to change the
shape of the classical Egyptian tomb - a rectangular mastaba
(arab.skamya) by nadstraivanniya it up. In fact, he ordered to put one
mastaba on the other, reducing their size, in the end we got an ancient
Egyptian stepped pyramid 62 meters high and the long sides 129 and 109
meters. As in all early mastaba of the Old Kingdom pyramid of Djoser
buried in the family of Pharaoh, his children and wife. Only later the
Egyptians began to bury the king separately from the rest. Pyramid and
funeral temples were surrounded by an imposing wall of 10 meters height
and a huge ditch, carved in limestone width of about 40 meters. Now
ditch filled with sand and not very noticeable, but the Google release
satellite maps it is easily visible. 
The underground portion of the pyramid of Djoser is a spooky maze where, naturally, do not let the tourists.
Remnants of the fence of the complex of Djoser.
Colonnade "funeral temple"
Slightly north of the Djoser pyramid is Userkafa - Pharaoh \ / Dynasty
around 2500 BC It is strongly destroyed, like most later pyramids. In
fact the last "quality" pyramid - a pyramid of Menkaure at Giza.
The entrance to the pyramid Userkafa
Overlapping arch in the pyramid complex Userkafa companion.
Sorry that I did not stand up under these blocks, it would be seen as their thickness exceeds the height of a man.
Ruins of the court "funeral temple" Userkafa
Photo specially for fans of "boring topic," alien theories, fans Sklyarov and other Labuda ...
Even such enormous blocks severely damaged by time. 
Mine is next to the pyramid Userkafa.
I
must say that the entire necropolis dug mines, where they can easily
fall and break one's neck. Only one has been more or less enclosed.
At the bottom of the mine is visible set of huge burial chamber. 
Pyramid of the Pharaoh UNISA about 2375 -2345 BC In it were discovered the first "Pyramid Texts"
On the south side is well preserved exterior cladding.
Pyramid of UNISA and its upward path.
View
from the cemetery to the east towards the Nile, to the right shows two
columns - all that remained of the Christian monastery sv.Ieremii. 
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