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Photos: Egypt reopens ancient Step Pyramid after renovations

The 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser is reopened after 14 year-long restoration work

Published: March 09, 2020 17:26 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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Copy of 610734-01-08-1583760390127 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 610741-01-08-1583760386749 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-05T122350Z_900980251_RC2ODF9IV7HN_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760407035 — 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. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 610719-01-08-1583760410417 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Egypt_Antiquities_81094.jpg-e21c1-1583760430808 — 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. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 610722-01-08-1583760433859 — 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. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 622131-01-08-1583760392429 — The 60-metre-high Pyramid consists of six stacked steps over a burial shaft tomb which is 28 metres deep and seven metres wide. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-05T123156Z_1356651503_RC2ODF9W153N_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760427377 — A tourist takes a photograph in the inner hallway of the standing step pyramid of Saqqara after its renovation, south of Cairo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 610699-01-08-1583760435995 — A tourist jumps in front of the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, south of the capital Cairo Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-05T124456Z_633734718_RC2ODF9G2G7P_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760420399 — Tourists take pictures at the burial chamber and sarcophagus of King Djoser inside the standing step pyramid of Saqqara Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-05T124827Z_73055531_RC2ODF9690MF_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760383138 — Tourists pose for a photograph at the standing step pyramid of Saqqara Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 610717-01-08-1583760415836 — Tourists tour inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 610718-01-08-1583760412599 — Tourists pose for a picture inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-05T125457Z_256639096_RC2ODF974NJZ_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760379203 — A tourist descends the staircase leading to the inside of the standing step pyramid of Saqqara Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 610709-01-08-1583760423366 — A woman tours inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-05T122813Z_931989348_RC2ODF9UGBXY_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760403349 — Tourists visit the standing step pyramid of Saqqara after its renovation Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 610743-01-08 [1]-1583760395639 — A tourists walks inside the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-05T125844Z_1301838899_RC2ODF986UOV_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-PYRAMID-1583760399778 — Tourists take pictures at the archaeological site of the standing step pyramid of Saqqara Image Credit: REUTERS

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