Editing Pyramid of Djoser (section)

=== North temple and serdab court ===
The northern (funerary/mortuary) temple was on the north side of the pyramid and faced the north stars, which the king wished to join in eternity. This structure provided a place in which the daily rituals and offerings to the dead could be performed, and was the cult center for the king. To the east of the temple is the [[serdab]], which is a small enclosed structure that housed the ''ka'' statue. The king's ''ka'' inhabited the ''ka'' statue, in order to benefit from daily ceremonies like the opening of the mouth, a ceremony that allowed him to breathe and eat, and the burning of incense. He witnessed these ceremonies through two small eye holes cut in the north wall of the serdab.<ref name="Gay Robins 2000"/> This temple appeared on the north side of the pyramid throughout the Third Dynasty, as the king wished to go north to become one of the eternal stars in the North Sky that never set.<ref name="Miroslav Verner 1998"/>{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} In the Fourth Dynasty, when there was a religious shift to an emphasis on rebirth and eternity achieved through the sun, the temple was moved to the east side of the pyramid, where the sun rises, so that through association the king may be reborn every day.<ref name="Miroslav Verner 1998"/>{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}