Editing Saqqara (section)

===Old Kingdom===
[[File:Ägyptisches Museum Kairo 2016-03-29 Ka-aper 01.jpg|thumb|Wooden statue of the scribe [[Kaaper]], 4th or 5th dynasty of the [[Old Kingdom]], from Saqqara, c. 2500 BC]]

Nearly all [[Fourth dynasty of Egypt|Fourth Dynasty]] kings chose a different location for their [[Egyptian pyramids|pyramids]]. During the second half of the [[Old Kingdom]], under the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|Fifth]] and [[Sixth dynasty of Egypt|Sixth]] Dynasties, Saqqara was again the royal burial ground. The Fifth and Sixth Dynasty pyramids are not built wholly of massive stone blocks, but instead with a core consisting of rubble. Consequently, they are less well preserved than the world-famous pyramids built by the Fourth Dynasty kings at [[Giza Necropolis|Giza]]. [[Unas]], the last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty, was the first king to adorn the chambers in his pyramid with [[Pyramid Texts]]. During the Old Kingdom, it was customary for courtiers to be buried in mastaba tombs close to the pyramid of their king. Thus, clusters of private tombs were formed in Saqqara around the pyramid complexes of Unas and [[Teti]].

====Old Kingdom monuments====
*[[Pyramid of Djoser]] (Dynasty Three)
*[[Mastabat al-Fir'aun]], tomb of king [[Shepseskaf]] (Dynasty Four)
*[[Pyramid of Userkaf]] of the Fifth Dynasty
*[[Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi]]
*Pyramid of king [[Menkauhor Kaiu|Menkauhor]]
*[[Mastaba of Ti]]
*Mastaba of [[Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum]]
*[[Pyramid of Unas]]
*Mastaba of [[Ptahhotep]]
*[[Pyramid of Teti]] (Dynasty Six)
*Mastaba of [[Mereruka]]
*Mastaba of [[Kagemni]]
*[[Tomb of Akhethetep|Mastaba of Akhethetep]]
*[[Pyramid of Pepi I]]
*[[Pyramid of Merenre]]
*Pyramid complex of king [[Pepi II Neferkare]]
*[[Tomb of Perneb]] (now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] of New York)

====First Intermediate Period monuments====
*[[Qakare Ibi#Pyramid complex|Pyramid]] of king [[Qakare Ibi|Ibi]] (Dynasty Eight)