Witthayap/Dreamstime
And now it's time to move beyond museum remnants to the actual tombs, crypts, statues, and pyramids which beggar belief. Furthermore, although excavation of these ancient sites began in the early 1800’s, they still continue to this day with new archaeological discoveries being made all over Egypt. In fact, just several months ago in Sakkara (also spelled Saqqara), a sprawling complex of temples, pyramids, and crypts amid miles upon square miles of monochromatic monotony and located just a half-hour's drive from Cairo a "dream discovery" was made of the sarcophagus of the treasurer of the great Ramses II. The largest and best known of Sakkara's many tombs is the step pyramid of King Djoser - the first ever to be built, in 2650 BCE, and counted as the oldest extant stone structure in the world.
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