"No Stairway to Heaven - denied!" As Egypt's "Third Dynasty" began, a new monument took shape. King Netjerykhet Djoser and his architect, Imhotep, created something unusual. The Step Pyramid rose on the western horizon, ushering in a new era of monument building...
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- John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
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- Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).
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