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King Djoser
He was the son of the king kha skhem wy (the last king of the second dynasty) and
he is the founder of the third dynasty and his name with hieroglyphic inscriptions
(ntr khet) which means the divine god
Imhotep
He was one of the officials in the reign of king Djoser. He was known for his excellence
in architectural and medicine and was known for the ancient Egyptians as the son of
betah (the local god of Memphis city) and was known for the geeks as the god of
medicine (asclepios).
Imhotep was ordered by king Djoser to build him a large monument of stone. The
design of this monument was a monument in the the middle between the mastaba
and the pyramid.
Heb-sed court: -
The heb-sed is one of the oldest religious festivals known from the 1st and the 2ed
dynasty and by the time it became a traditional festival and its purpose is for the king
to prove his competence in competence to rule the nation. The inscriptions in the
heb-sed court the attendees of the festival were the representatives of the regions
of upper and lower Egypt and they were holding their regional slogans or the statue
of their local god. The main event in the festival is the recoronation of the king as the
pharaoh do the rituals 4 times in each time he looks in a different place and wears a
different crown.
Southern tomb: -
It is placed in the southwest corner of the great court. It is a storeroom accessible
from the outside of the enclosure wall only.