Editing Egyptian pyramids (section)

===Saqqara===
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[[File:Saqqara stepped pyramid.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Pyramid of Djoser]] ]]

Major pyramids located here include the [[Pyramid of Djoser]]—generally identified as the world's oldest substantial monumental structure to be built of dressed stone—the [[Pyramid of Userkaf]], the [[Pyramid of Teti]] and the [[Pyramid of Merikare]], dating to the [[First Intermediate Period of Egypt]]. Also at Saqqara is the [[Pyramid of Unas]], which retains a pyramid causeway that is one of the best-preserved in Egypt. Together with the pyramid of Userkaf, this pyramid was the subject of one of the earliest known restoration attempts, conducted by [[Khaemweset]], a son of [[Ramesses II]].<ref>[[Kenneth Kitchen]]: ''Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume II'', Blackwell Publishers, {{ISBN|0-631-18435-X}}, 1996</ref> Saqqara is also the location of the incomplete step pyramid of Djoser's successor [[Sekhemkhet]], known as the [[Buried Pyramid]]. Archaeologists believe that had this pyramid been completed, it would have been larger than Djoser's.

South of the main pyramid field at Saqqara is a second collection of later, smaller pyramids, including those of [[Pepi I]], [[Djedkare Isesi]], [[Merenre Nemtyemsaf I|Merenre]], [[Pepi II]] and [[Qakare Ibi#Pyramid complex|Ibi]]. Most of these are in a poor state of preservation.

The [[Fourth Dynasty of Egypt|Fourth Dynasty]] pharaoh [[Shepseskaf]] either did not share an interest in or have the capacity to undertake pyramid construction like his predecessors. His tomb, which is also sited at south Saqqara, was instead built as an unusually large mastaba and offering temple complex. It is commonly known as the [[Mastabat al-Fir’aun]].<ref>[http://egyptphoto.ncf.ca/pyramid%20of%20shepseskaf.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115153419/http://egyptphoto.ncf.ca/pyramid%20of%20shepseskaf.htm|date=15 November 2016}} The Mastaba of Shepseskaf</ref>

A previously unknown pyramid was discovered in north Saqqara in late 2008. Believed to be the tomb of Teti's mother, it currently stands approximately {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} high, although the original height was closer to {{convert|14|m|ft|abbr=on}}.