{"id":118753,"date":"2020-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/the-worlds-oldest-pyramid-has-been-reopened-to-the-public\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:34:32","slug":"the-worlds-oldest-pyramid-has-been-reopened-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/the-worlds-oldest-pyramid-has-been-reopened-to-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s oldest pyramid has been reopened to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>After several years of being closed for restoration, the 4,700-year-old pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser at Saqqara, considered the oldest still visible in Egypt, has been reopened to the public.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Egyptian Minister for Antiquities and Tourism, Khaled el-Enany stated that this is the first building in the world constructed entirely of stone.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The renovation was started in 2006, was interrupted in 2011 &ldquo;for safety reasons,&rdquo; being resumed in 2013. The total cost of the restoration work amounted to 6 million EUR, according to the Egyptian government.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Standing nearly 60 m tall and having six levels, this monument was built around 2,700 BC by the famous architect Imhotep, above a 28 m deep cavity that housed a pink granite tomb.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The site, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979, constitutes the first family necropolis in Egypt, a practice introduced by Pharaoh Djoser. In this Saqqara necropolis, Egyptian authorities discovered, in April 2019, a tomb decorated with colored reliefs and well-preserved inscriptions, belonging to a nobleman from the 5th Egyptian dynasty (between 2,500 and 2,300 BC).<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Who built the Pyramid of Djoser?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was designed by the architect Imhotep for Pharaoh Djoser around 2,700 BC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much did the restoration cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The restoration project, which lasted several years, cost approximately 6 million EUR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What makes this pyramid unique?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is considered the world&#8217;s first building constructed entirely of stone and the oldest visible pyramid in Egypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several years of being closed for restoration, the 4,700-year-old pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser at Saqqara, considered the oldest still visible in Egypt, has been reopened to the public. Egyptian Minister for Antiquities and Tourism, Khaled el-Enany stated that this is the first building in the world constructed entirely of stone. The renovation was started&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118753"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}