North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Pyramid of Djoser

The Pyramid of Djoser, sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid of Horus Netjerikhet, is an archaeological site in the necropolis, , northwest of the ruins of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Archeological site in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Haram al Mudarraj”, “El-Haram el- Mudarrag”, “Pyramid of Zoser”, “Saqqara Pyramid”, “Step Maṣṭaba”, “step pyramid”, “Step Pyramid”, “Step Pyramid of Djoser”, “Step Pyramid of Zôser”, and “Zôser”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Pyramid of Unas.

Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the name given to an archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of . About 35 km south of the Egyptian capital , is the site of a compact pyramid field, with pyramids and funerary temples dating mainly from the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Photo: Roweromaniak, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl.
The is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty, in the 24th century BC. is situated 370 metres southwest of Pyramid of Djoser.

Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.
The pyramid complex of Userkaf was built c. 2490 BC for the king Userkaf, founder of the 5th Dynasty of Egypt. It is located in the pyramid field at , on the north-east of the step pyramid of Djoser. is situated 330 metres northeast of Pyramid of Djoser.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Mit Rahinah.

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.

Village
Photo: EliziR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Pyramid of Djoser.

Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. is situated 5 km northeast of Pyramid of Djoser.

Pyramid of Djoser

Latitude
29.87122° or 29° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
31.21657° or 31° 12′ 60″ east
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Height
0.1 metres (0.33 feet)
Open location code
7GXHV6C8+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33909574
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
352051
Wiki­data ID
Q192418
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Pyramid of Djoser” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Piramide van Djoser”
  • Arabic: “هرم تيتي”
  • Arabic: “هرم زوسر المدرج”
  • Arabic: “هرم زوسر”
  • Arabic: “هرم سقارة المدرج”
  • Arabic: “هرم سقارة”
  • Arabic: “هرم سقاره”
  • Armenian: “Ջոսերի բուրգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Coser ehramı”
  • Basque: “Sakkarako piramide mailakatua”
  • Basque: “Saqqarako Piramide Mailakatua”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда Джосера”
  • Breton: “Piramidenn Djoser”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Джосер”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамидата на Джосер”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Djoser”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide escalonada de Djoser”
  • Catalan: “piràmide esglaonada de Djoser”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide esglaonada de Djoser”
  • Cebuano: “Step Pyramid of Zoser”
  • Chinese: “左塞尔金字塔”
  • Chinese: “左塞爾金字塔”
  • Chinese: “左沙金字塔”
  • Chinese: “阶梯金字塔 Djoser Pyramid”
  • Chinese: “阶梯金字塔”
  • Chinese: “階梯金字塔”
  • Croatian: “Džoserova piramida”
  • Croatian: “Džozerova piramida”
  • Croatian: “Stepenasta piramida”
  • Czech: “Džoserova pyramida”
  • Czech: “pyramida v Sakkáře”
  • Czech: “stupňovitá pyramida”
  • Danish: “Djoserpyramiden”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Djoser”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Djozer”
  • Dutch: “Trappenpiramide van Djoser”
  • Dutch: “Trappenpiramide van Djozer”
  • Dutch: “Trappenpiramide van Sakkara”
  • Dutch: “Trappiramide van Djoser”
  • Dutch: “Trappiramide van Djozer”
  • Dutch: “Trappiramide van Sakkara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم سقاره المدرج”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Ĝoser”
  • Estonian: “Džoseri püramiid”
  • Finnish: “Sakkaran porraspyramidi”
  • Finnish: “Saqqaran porraspyramidi”
  • French: “Complexe de Djéser”
  • French: “Complexe funeraire de Djeser”
  • French: “complexe funéraire de Djéser”
  • French: “Complexe funéraire de Djéser”
  • French: “Pyramide à degrés de Djeser”
  • French: “Pyramide à degrés de Djéser”
  • French: “Pyramide de Djeser”
  • French: “Pyramide de Djéser”
  • Galician: “Pirámide de Zoser”
  • Galician: “Pirámide escalonada”
  • Galician: “Pirámide graduada de Zoser”
  • Georgian: “ჯოსერის პირამიდა”
  • German: “Djoser-Bezirk”
  • German: “Djoser-Pyramide”
  • German: “Netjerichet-Pyramide”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Ζοζέρ”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Ντζόσερ”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה של ג’וסר”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה של צ’וסר”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsószer piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsószer-piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida bertingkat”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Djeser”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Djoser”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Zoser”
  • Irish: “Pirimidí Shacára”
  • Italian: “complesso funerario di Djoser”
  • Italian: “piramide di Djoser”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Djoser”
  • Japanese: “サッカラのピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “サッカラの階段ピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “ジェセル王のピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “ジェゼル王のピラミッド”
  • Lithuanian: “Džoserio piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Џосерова пирамида”
  • Malagasy: “Piramidan’i Djoser”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Djoserpyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Djoserpyramiden”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Piramida de Djòser”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Piramida graduada”
  • Persian: “هرم جوزر”
  • Persian: “هرم جوسر”
  • Polish: “Piramida Dżesera (schodkowa)”
  • Polish: “Piramida Dżesera”
  • Polish: “Piramida Dżosera”
  • Polish: “Piramida Schodkowa Dżosera”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Djoser”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Zoser”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide escalonada de Zoser”
  • Romanian: “Piramida in trepte”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Djoser”
  • Russian: “пирамида Джосера”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Джосера”
  • Russian: “Ступенчатая пирамида”
  • Serbian: “Džoserova piramida”
  • Serbian: “Џозерова пирамида”
  • Serbian: “Џосерова пирамида”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Djoserova piramida”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džoserova piramida”
  • Slovak: “Džoserova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Lepsius XXXII”
  • Slovak: “Lepsius XXXIII”
  • Slovak: “Lepsius XXXIV”
  • Slovak: “Necerichetova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Stupňovitá pyramída v Sakkáre”
  • Slovenian: “Džoserjeva piramida”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Zoser”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Zoser”
  • Spanish: “Piramide escalonada de Dyeser”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide escalonada de Dyeser”
  • Spanish: “Piramide escalonada de Saqqara”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide escalonada de Saqqara”
  • Spanish: “Piramide escalonada de Zoser”
  • Spanish: “pirámide escalonada de Zoser”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide escalonada de Zoser”
  • Swedish: “Djosers trappstegspyramid”
  • Tagalog: “Djoser Pyramid”
  • Tagalog: “Djoser’s Pyramid”
  • Tagalog: “Djoser’s Step Pyramid”
  • Tagalog: “First pyramid”
  • Tagalog: “Piramid ni Djoser”
  • Tagalog: “Piramid ni Zoser”
  • Tagalog: “Piramide ni Djoser”
  • Tagalog: “Piramide ni Zoser”
  • Tagalog: “Pyramid of Djoser”
  • Tagalog: “Tagilo ni Djoser”
  • Tagalog: “Tagilo ni Zoser”
  • Tagalog: “Unang piramid”
  • Tagalog: “Unang piramide”
  • Tagalog: “Unang tagilo”
  • Tamil: “ஜோசெர் பிரமிடு”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดโจเซอร์”
  • Turkish: “Adım piramiti”
  • Turkish: “Basamaklı piramit”
  • Turkish: “Zoser Piramidi”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Джосера”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Djoser”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Piramide han Djoser”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pyramid of Djoser”. Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.