The Step Pyramid of Djoser [2667 - 2648 BC], Saqqara

entrance to the Step Pyramid
Built around 2660 BC



The very first pyramid ever built. According to tradition, it was built for Horus Netjerikhet, better known as Djoser, a major ruler of Egypt's 3rd Dynasty, by Imhotep, Egypt's most famous architect who was subsequently deified during the New Kingdom.