Priest, Museum, Saqqara
The site museum at Saqqara is named after Imhotep, the first recorded architect who is credited with the construction of the nearby Step Pyramid, the World's oldest architectural monument. The museum opened in 2006 and has a small but well displayed collection relating to the Saqqara necropolis.
There are some especially fine pieces of sculpture as well as funerary equipment and fragments from King Djoser's Step Pyramid complex, including an entire section of the faience-tile covered walls from the galleries situated below the pyramid (which have never been open to the public).
Situated near the tourist entrance to the Saqqara necropolis the museum is a good introduction to the ancient site (though some may prefer to walk its air-conditioned halls after exploring the hot and arid desert ruins).
Priest, Museum, Saqqara
The site museum at Saqqara is named after Imhotep, the first recorded architect who is credited with the construction of the nearby Step Pyramid, the World's oldest architectural monument. The museum opened in 2006 and has a small but well displayed collection relating to the Saqqara necropolis.
There are some especially fine pieces of sculpture as well as funerary equipment and fragments from King Djoser's Step Pyramid complex, including an entire section of the faience-tile covered walls from the galleries situated below the pyramid (which have never been open to the public).
Situated near the tourist entrance to the Saqqara necropolis the museum is a good introduction to the ancient site (though some may prefer to walk its air-conditioned halls after exploring the hot and arid desert ruins).