Step Pyramid at Saqqare, Lower Egypt, designed by Imhotep. The name of Imhotep has become inextricably linked with Egyptian medicine. He was vizier, architect and chief physician to the Pharaoh Djoser ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

The museum boasts displays of artifacts from painted masks to intricate stelae to the world's oldest royal mummy. A face mask on display at the newly-restored Imhotep Museum at Saqqara necropolis, ...

The Pyramids of Giza, seen here with the Milky Way in the background, are not Egypt's oldest pyramids. Pyramids are iconic symbols of the ancient pharaohs' power and technological prowess that still ...

Archaeologist and Egyptologist Zahi Hawass thrills as he delves deep into Egypt’s ancient past, unearthing mysteries at Saqqara. From the search for Imhotep’s tomb to the discovery of golden-adorned ...