Djéser et la IIIe Dynastie: Imhotep, Saqqara, Memphis, les Pyramides à degrés. Photographie Charles d'Orléans

Charles d'Orléans

The sixteen contributions range from the 8th century BC to the 3rd century AD

Solitary or gregarious

Magnificently illustrated by the pencil of Florence Gendre

they are also investing in the body

Djéser et la IIIe Dynastie: Imhotep, Saqqara, Memphis, les Pyramides à degrés. Photographie Charles d'OrléansPharaoh Djoser, who ruled the country in the mid 27th century BC, is one of these prominent figures. A promoter of the monarchical ideal and a great builder, he left to posterity the image of an innovative sovereign. He dominates, by the scale of his achievements, a third dynasty that 'he founded and whose other kings still appear today as fleeting figures. Djoser is inseparable from Imhotep, celebrated by tradition as the inventor of stone