15th Pharaoh Djoser — “The Cobra King” — Step Pyramid of Saqqara

Saqqara (Egypt), Step pyramid of king Djoser, c. 2600 BC. – Court of Hebsed, reconstruction. Illustration from: Jean-Philippe Lauer, Fouilles à Sakkarah (Planche LVII) / La Pyramide à Degrés (Service des Antiquités de l’Egypte / Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale / Le Caire 1936). Credit: Album / akg-images / Gilles Mermet
Sakkara; The Step Pyramid of Djoser; Egypt
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Limestone Statue of Djoser
EGYPT – CIRCA 2003: The Pharaoh Djoser, painted limestone statue, from the Pyramid and Mortuary Complex of Djoser at Saqqara. Egyptian Civilisation, Old Kingdom, Dynasty III. Cairo, Egyptian Museum (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED – FEBRUARY 14: Pharaoh Djoser, painted limestone statue, from the mortuary complex of Djoser in Saqqara. Egyptian civilisation, Old Kingdom, Dynasty III. Detail. Cairo, Egyptian Museum (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
EGYPT – FEBRUARY 14: Pads cobra shape, Funerary Complex of Djoser with the step pyramid in the background, Saqqara, Memphis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Egyptian civilisation, Old Kingdom, Dynasty III. Detail. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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Imotep

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Egyptian master circa middle 7 th century B.C. bronze, with inlays of precious metals h.: 17,6 cm
Egyptian master circa middle 7 th century B.C. bronze, with inlays of precious metals h.: 17,6 cm
Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep. Dimensions: H. 16 × W. 3.7 × D. 5.6 cm (5 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
H. (with tang): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 27-30. Date: 332-30 B.C..
Khereduankh, the mother of Imhotep in late beliefs, received divine status like her son. Typically she wears on her short rounded hairstyle the feather crown and double uraei of an Egyptian queen-like goddess, and carries a queen’s flywhisk scepter. Credit: Album
Bronze statue of Imhotep, on modern wooden plinth, Egyptian, 600-30BC. Graduated black background.
Bronze statue of Imhotep, on modern wooden plinth, Egyptian, 600-30BC. Graduated black background.
Electrum metal seated figurine of Imhotep, Egyptian, 600 – 501 BC. Front three quarter view. Black background.
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2nd Pharaoh Hor-Aha — Tomb at Abydos

Abydos Helicopter Hieroglyphs – Egypt Tours Portal
Abydos King List – Egypt Tours Portal
Abydos Royal Tombs – Egypt Tours Portal
Components of the Abydos Temple – Egypt Tours Portal
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AWIB-ISAW: Khasekhemwy Monument (I)One of the massive walls belonging to Khasekhemwy’s monument, or ritual precinct, where ceremonies would have occured during the king’s life as his tomb was being constructed. It has been left standing for thousands of years as an animal necropolis, supposed burial place of Osiris, and eventually even a monastic settlement. by Kyera Giannini (2009)copyright: 2009 Kyera Giannini (used with permission)photographed place: Abdju (Abydos) [http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/756512]Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm].
“The cenotaph, known as the Osireion, built by the 13th century BC pharaoh Seti I (also Sethos I, Sethi I, Sety I and Menmaatre) which occupies the west corner of his temple at Abydos. The water symbolised the water of creation while on an island in the centre stood a sarcophagus and chest for the pharaohaas organs. Begun by Seti I but completed by his son, Ramesses II (also Ramses, Rameses, Ramesses the Great and Usermaatre-setpenre), the temple of Seti I at Abydos is one of the finest buildings in Egypt.”
The Osireion at the Temple of Seti l at Abydos . Egypt .
Seated man is possibly Henri Frankfort (1897-1954), field director of the excavations in Abydos from 1925-1929 Egypt Exploration Society excavations at Abydos, Egypt, 1920s
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1st Pharaoh Narmer (Menes) — Narmer Palette, Ceremonial Maceheads

Narmer Palette Recto
Narmer Palette Description – Egypt Tours Portal
Narmer Palette – Egypt Tours Portal
Narmer Palette Hieroglyphs – Egypt Tours Portal
Narmer Palette Purpose – Egypt Tours Portal
Narmer Palette Significance – Egypt Tours Portal
Narmer Palette – Egypt Tours Portal
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