

The most recent finds of the funerary tomb of Queen Nearit - wife of 6th Dynasty Pharaoh Teti - and 52 burial shafts with over 50 coffins are only the latest in a mind-boggling array of discoveries.įor history fans, a day trip here is a must-do while in Cairo. In recent years, Saqqara has become headline-grabbing archaeological news as more discoveries are made during ongoing archaeological work here.

Here, the Step Pyramid, the Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid are magnificent reminders of the early architecture of the pharaohs and some of the Old Kingdom's most dazzling treasures.

Thirty kilometers south of the capital, the vast necropolis site of Saqqara and the nearby sites of Dahshur and Abu Sir are where pyramid building in Egypt first began. We may earn a commission from affiliate links ( )įor many travelers, the pyramids mean only Giza's famed monuments, but there's another group of pyramids within day-tripping distance of Cairo.
