Known for commissioning other tombs, temples, and monuments, it is during the reign of Djoser that Egypt witnessed great technological innovation in the use of stone architecture, according to records.

Djoser, also known as Netjerikhet, Tosorthos, and Sesorthos, was the first king of the Third Dynasty of Egypt, whose reign for almost thirty years ensured Egypt was politically and economically stable.

Djoser’s Step Pyramid, however, is “a series of mastabas stacked on top of each other, each level a little smaller than the one beneath, to form the shape of a pyramid,” according to Ancient History Encyclopedia.

But before the Step Pyramid, Djoser had already been hailed for saving lives when a famine broke out in Egypt.

Many of these have largely been forgotten but not his final resting place – the Step Pyramid – which is not only a monument to his life and reign but among a flurry of amazing architectural wonders of Egypt that continues to attract tourists.