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ホーム / Egypt and Nile River Cruise / Memphis and Saqqara - Nile River Cruise 92
![It was believed that King Menes founded Memphis around 3100BC.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1365-sq.jpg "It was believed that King Menes founded Memphis around 3100BC.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt] (5475 visits) It was believed that King Menes founded Memphis around 3100BC.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village...")
![It was the first pyramid in Egyptian history
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1401-sq.jpg "It was the first pyramid in Egyptian history
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (2853 visits) It was the first pyramid in Egyptian history
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]")
![King Djoser - his face mutilated due to gouging out of the inlaid eyes.
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/IMG_4773-sq.jpg "King Djoser - his face mutilated due to gouging out of the inlaid eyes.
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (3424 visits) King Djoser - his face mutilated due to gouging out of the inlaid eyes.
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - S...")
![King Menes was the ruler responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/IMG_4743-sq.jpg "King Menes was the ruler responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt] (6246 visits) King Menes was the ruler responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahin...")
![Monuments include the earliest ancient funerary structures to Coptic monasteries
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1397-sq.jpg "Monuments include the earliest ancient funerary structures to Coptic monasteries
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (3074 visits) Monuments include the earliest ancient funerary structures to Coptic monasteries
[Step Pyramid of D...")
![Opening hours at the open-air museum.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/IMG_4765-sq.jpg "Opening hours at the open-air museum.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt] (5277 visits) Opening hours at the open-air museum.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]")
![Prior to this, royal tombs were underground rooms covered by low sandy mounds
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1403-sq.jpg "Prior to this, royal tombs were underground rooms covered by low sandy mounds
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (1529 visits) Prior to this, royal tombs were underground rooms covered by low sandy mounds
[Step Pyramid of Djos...")
![Ptah was the chief Memphite god.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/IMG_4754-sq.jpg "Ptah was the chief Memphite god.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt] (5557 visits) Ptah was the chief Memphite god.
[Temple of Ptah - Mit Rahina village - Memphis - Egypt]")
![Rameses II, son of Sethos I, reigned in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom.
[Rameses II - Memphis - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/IMG_4748-sq.jpg "Rameses II, son of Sethos I, reigned in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom.
[Rameses II - Memphis - Egypt] (2719 visits) Rameses II, son of Sethos I, reigned in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom.
[Rameses II - Memphis ...")
![Saqqara became the royal necropolis for the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1398-sq.jpg "Saqqara became the royal necropolis for the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (3091 visits) Saqqara became the royal necropolis for the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis
[Step Pyramid of Djoser ...")
![Saqqara is one of the richest archaeological sites in Egypt
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1394-sq.jpg "Saqqara is one of the richest archaeological sites in Egypt
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (3835 visits) Saqqara is one of the richest archaeological sites in Egypt
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egy...")
![Statue of King Djoser viewed through a peephole.
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]](../../../_data/i/galleries/Egypt/MemphisSakkara/DSC_1405-sq.jpg "Statue of King Djoser viewed through a peephole.
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt] (4305 visits) Statue of King Djoser viewed through a peephole.
[Step Pyramid of Djoser - Saqqara - Egypt]")
