(also known as Djoser)
Status; Pharaoh.
Ruling period; 2668-2649 B.C.
Location; Saqqara.
We have to go back to around 2668 before the birth of Christ, before we reach the reign of the pharaoh Djoser.
In those days, one was given a birth name, until one became of age and chose another name, which is referred to as a Horus-name, so did Djoser follow his ancestor's path. He chose the name 'Netjeri-khet' which means 'Divine of the body.' We can presume that this name was the chosen one, because the name Djoser is found among the oldest of carvings, which would make him either a child or a very young boy, when those relief' were made.
The start of his reign was filled with political inner turmoil, but he would change this through his reign. His name can be found as fare south as Aswan, he probably went further south than that; I base this idea upon the fact that more temples can be found further south, but they are hardly studied (because of inner conflict in those areas).
His dearest friend and highest official gave him eternal life through his mere visions. Imhotep created the great Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara, but complex seems too sallow a word for its creation.
Remarkable walls which seem like a lost generation of buildings, which kept away from both the circular shape and all the hieroglyphic upon their walls. A most noble mind must have reign in those days, because there are no pharaoh giving gesture to the gods upon the building or anything like that, it is anonyms in that way.
I cannot find that much about him in general, but rather more about the pyramid itself and theories about its purpose. Who Djoser really might have been in person, seems as big a mystery as his great vizier Imhotep.
The carvings mostly show Djoser engaged in the Heb-sed festival, where he performs the Heb-sed ritual.
Nor have there been found that many statues of him. If I understand everything correct, then Djoser' foot is the only part found of his body…
Even more remarkable is how suddenly such a huge and magnificent structure was build and with such complex attributes, which seem to have no deeper meaning, or do they? And there would never be another like it!
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