2. The necropolis at Sakkara id dominated by the oldest pyramid in the world, the so-called step-pyramid, erected about 2650 B.C. for a king whose name was Nejerikhet (Djoser). It was the life work by the legendary Imhotep, later worshipped as a saint for thousands of years. The western side of the pyramid borders an endless desert. Archaeologists had forgotten about that part of the graveyard.