Photos: Egypt reopens ancient Step Pyramid after renovations

Egyptian authorities reopened the 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser to the public last week, after a 14-year restoration costing nearly $6.6 million.

A tourist poses for a picture inside the Step Pyramid of Djoser. | The Pyramid, a UNESCO world heritage site, was constructed during the era of Pharaoh Djoser, one of Ancient Egypt's Third Dynasty kings.

A security forces member stands guard as tourists walk around the Step Pyramid. | The roughly 60-metre-high Pyramid dominates the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, and is part of the ancient capital of Memphis.

A journalist tours inside the Step Pyramid of Djoser. | Dating to 2,680 BC, the Djoser Pyramid was built under the direction of architect Imhotep.

A 1992 earthquake caused considerable damage to the monument's interior. Renovations started in 2006 but were interrupted in 2011 and 2012 for 'security reasons', before resuming in 2013.

Djoser's Step Pyramid, the first large-scale stone construction in history and the largest pyramidal funerary complex, is located at Saqqara archaeological site, west of Cairo.

The 60-metre-high Pyramid consists of six stacked steps over a burial shaft tomb which is 28 metres deep and seven metres wide.

A tourist takes a photograph in the inner hallway of the standing step pyramid of Saqqara after its renovation, south of Cairo

A tourist jumps in front of the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, south of the capital Cairo

Tourists take pictures at the burial chamber and sarcophagus of King Djoser inside the standing step pyramid of Saqqara

Tourists pose for a photograph at the standing step pyramid of Saqqara

Tourists tour inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

Tourists pose for a picture inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

A tourist descends the staircase leading to the inside of the standing step pyramid of Saqqara

A woman tours inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

Tourists visit the standing step pyramid of Saqqara after its renovation

A tourists walks inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

Tourists take pictures at the archaeological site of the standing step pyramid of Saqqara