Editing Pyramid of Djoser (section)

=== Heb-sed court ===
[[File:Egypt-12B-047 - Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser.jpg|alt=In the foreground are chapels on the west side of the Heb-Sed Court. In the background the step pyramid is visible.|thumb|In the foreground are chapels on the west side of the Heb-Sed Court. In the background the step pyramid is visible.]]

The Heb-sed court is rectangular and parallel to the South Courtyard. It was meant to provide a space in which the king could perform the Heb-sed ritual in the afterlife.<ref name="Mark Lehner 1997"/> Flanking the east and west sides of the court are the remains of two groups of chapels, many of which are dummy buildings, of three different architectural styles. At the north and south ends there are three chapels with flat roofs and no columns.<ref name="A.J. Spencer, Early Egypt 1993"/> The remaining chapels on the west side are decorated with [[Fluting (architecture)|fluted columns]] and [[Capital (architecture)|capital]]s flanked by leaves.<ref name="Miroslav Verner 1998">Miroslav Verner, ''The Pyramids'' (New York: Grove Press, 1998), 105–139.</ref> Each of the chapels has a sanctuary accessed by a roofless passage with walls that depict false doors and latches. Some of these buildings have [[Niche (architecture)|niche]]s for statues. Egyptologists believe that these buildings were related to the important double coronation of the king during the Heb-sed.<ref name="A.J. Spencer, Early Egypt 1993">[[:fr:Alan Jeffrey Spencer|A. J. Spencer]], ''Early Egypt: The Rise of Civilization in the Nile Valley'' (London: British Museum Press, 1993), 98–110.</ref>