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Step Pyramid of Djoser

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Topics

ancient Egyptian religion funerary architecture Mortuary temple Pyramid Tomb Türbe Mausoleum Columbarium Lantern of the dead Catafalque dakhma

Key People

Richard Lepsius.

Richard Lepsius

German Egyptologist