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Relief Block with the Figure of Akhetaa
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2700-2620 BC. From Saqqara necropolis. Now in the Louvre. LP 1670
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Relief Block with the Figure of Akhetaa
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2700-2620 BC. From Saqqara necropolis. Now in the Louvre. LP 1670
Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara: first pyramid built in ancient Egypt.
Base of a statue of the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh Djoser (r. ca. 2686-2648 BCE), showing his royal titles. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo credit: Djehouty/Wikimedia Commons.
~ Game Board.
Place of origin: Luxor, Thebes
Date: 2707-2219 B.C.
Period: 3rd- 6thDynasty, Predynastic
Medium: Alabaster
Alley of Cobras in front of the Djoser Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
Detail of hieroglyphs of one of six cedar wooden panels from the Mastaba of Hesy-Ra, a high official of King Djoser. His most notable title was Wer-ibeḥsenjw, meaning either "Great one of the ivory cutters" or "Great one of the dentists", which makes him the earliest named dentist.
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2686-2613 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 1427
Panel of Hesy-Ra, Overseer of the Royal Scribes
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2686-2613 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 1426
Relief of King Djoser
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2686-2649 BC. From Heliopolis. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Turin. S. 02671/20 Read more