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Show Notes
As Egypt's "Third Dynasty" began, a new monument took shape. King Netjerykhet Djoser and his architect, Imhotep, created something unusual. The Step Pyramid rose on the western horizon, ushering in a new era of monument building...
- Time Period: circa 2700 – 2650 BCE
- Kings: Netjerykhet (Djoser)
- Notable sites: Saqqara, Iunu (Heliopolis)
- Episode Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.
- The History of Egypt Podcast website www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
- Support the show at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.com.
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Select Bibliography:
- Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon).
- Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, 2008 (Amazon).
- John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
- Toby Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, 2001 (Amazon).
- David Wengrow, The Archaeology of Early Egypt, 2006 (Amazon).
- Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).
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