Editing Djoser (section)

== Medieval arab tradition ==
Egyptian historian [[Al-Nuwayri]] (1279&ndash;1333) described Djoser as "a king who was a wise ruler of Egypt" and claimed that the [[Copts]] had a feast in honour of him called the "vine festival".<ref name="Daly-93">{{cite book|title=Egyptology: The Missing Millennium|author=Okasha El-Daly|location=London|year=2005|publisher=UCL Press|page=93}}</ref> Al-Nuwayri also visited the [[Pyramid of Djoser#South tomb|South tomb]] of the pyramid complex of Djoser in [[Saqqara]], identifying it as the tomb of "Zosara" and describing a vault decorated with [[lapis lazuli]], as well as a large court with a large [[granite]] door inscribed with 30 lines of [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphs]].<ref name="Daly-93"/>

Egyptologist Okasha El-Daly noted that "[[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]] romances of ancient Egyptian rulers such as Zoser, [[Inaros I|Inaros]] and [[Nectanebo II|Nectanebo]] also became popular in the medieval Arabic sources, which show them as heroes, with their names and deeds well recognised by the writers".<ref name="Daly-125">{{cite book|title=Egyptology: The Missing Millennium|author=Okasha El-Daly|location=London|year=2005|publisher=UCL Press|page=125}}</ref>