Download or read book In the Shadow of Djoser's Pyramid written by Karol Jan Mysliwiec and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation of discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara (Egypt) west of the Pyramid of Djoser, including cemeteries of noblemen form the Old Kingdom (the late third millennium BC) and the Ptolemaic Period (the late first millennium BC). Keywords: excavations, conservation, Old Kingdom, Ptolemaic Period, rock-hewn tombs.