Saqqara Necropolis

Everyone knows about the Pyramids of Giza, but the true heart of ancient Egyptian civilization lies south of Cairo, in the Saqqara Necropolis. This giant "city of the dead," stretching for 7 km along the western bank of the Nile, is where pharaohs, queens, nobles, and sacred animals were buried over 4,500 years ago, and where the main architectural ideas of Ancient Egypt were born.