Step Pyramid of Djoser
How did Egyptian builders make the leap from mudbrick tombs to the world's first monumental building in cut stone — a six-tiered, ~60-metre pyramid raised in stages by a single named architect, Imhotep — and why did they choose to do it here, all at once?
c. 2670 BCE (Third Dynasty, reign of Djoser) · Saqqara, near Memphis, EgyptAdded July 2026