Cairo — Saqqara, Papyrus, and Essential Oils

Saqqara — All that remains of statues on a pedestal

Today we’ll finish up with Saqqara, then head on out for some local culture. By culture, I’m referring to the making of papyrus, by hand, and then we’ll go into a shop specializing in essential oils, if you’re into that kind of thing. We’ll begin to day with another view of the Pyramid of Djoser:

Pyramid of Djoser

One thing I did not touch upon on Monday is Djoser, the pharoah for whom this comlex was built. Djoser ruled for somewhere b...