Sakkara or Saqqara is the necropolis of Memphis (Northern or Lower Egypt) the ancient Egyptian Capital of the “Old Egyptian Empire”, is located about 30 kilometers south of Cairo.

Has been used as a burial place for millenniums since the times of the first dynasty, at this place are more than fifteen pyramids, the outmost edification is the world known “Step Pyramid”, the first pyramid ever built in Egypt during the rule of Zoser a pharaoh of the third Egyptian dynasty. It was designed by Imhotep a wise man that was taken as god even after the thirtieth dynasty.

Imhotep (2635-2595 B.C.) he was the topmost of the scribes perhaps the first true architect as well he was the first to write books is medicine, astronomy and others books of knowledge also was the High-Priest of Memphis.

Egyptian will remembered him as a mythological legendary personage and was worshiped as a god, as later as the Greco Roman time; in the temple of Philae built by this rulers, place located over the first cataract towards the  southern border of the Egyptian territory where there is a chapel dedicated to him.

He was intelligent and audacious man who transformed the Egyptian architecture.

He changed mud-dry bricks for stone bricks, introduced columns as structural reinforcement and decorative value as well many other architectural ornamentations that makes this place as the most import architectonical funerary complex of its time in Egypt and in the world, standing out the first pyramid, the highest stone building ever built reaching 60 meters high with a perimeter wall of 560 X 280 Meters by 10 meters high.

In the northern side of Sakkara are the pyramids of Userkaf pyramid, fifth dynasty, Teti I pyramid, sixth dynasty and the Serapeum a place of Osiris worship as a bull.

In the same area also is found Unas pyramid it is probably the smallest pyramid with a high about only 24 meters but it is the pyramid with first and finest religious inscriptions, well known as the pyramid texts, also is the pyramid of Sekhemkhet pharaoh that succeeded pharaoh Zoser that appears as well as being built by Imhotep but is in doubt if it was finish.

To the south side are the pyramids of Djedkare-Isesi from the fifth dynasty and Pepi I, Merenre son of Pepi I as well Pepi II pharaohs of the sixth dynasty. There also is a small pyramid that belongs to Ibi eight dynasty but do to his shot reign it never could had been finish.

In the southern side also is the mastaba of Shepseskaf last pharaoh of the fourth dynasty the only pharaoh of that dynasty that even though he finished his father (Micerino) pyramid in Gizeh, decided for a mastaba closer to Memphis rather than a pyramid.

In Sakkara there are a great number of Mastabas of excellent quality an wonderful decorative works that belonged to functionaries and priests of renown.