More than 40,000 stone vessels were sealed in storerooms in Djoser's Step Pyramid complex. Many predate Djoser; some Egyptologists believe he recovered them from earlier damaged royal tombs. Imhotep is traditionally credited as the architect. The video argues that hard-stone vessels were machine-made and that Imhotep created an alabaster industry to copy them, but that interpretation is not established. The cited sources do not verify its thickness and drill-mark rules. The pyramid's mass is estimated in millions of tonnes, not 400,450,000, and the video's claim that the subterranean passages predate the monument is unsupported.
Older vessels sealed in Djoser's Step Pyramid complex
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Key facts
- Djoser's Step Pyramid complex contained more than 40,000 stone vessels, bowls and vases in sealed storerooms.
- Many of the vessels predate Djoser; some Egyptologists believe he recovered them from earlier damaged royal tombs for safekeeping.
- Imhotep is traditionally credited as the complex's architect, but the cited sources do not connect him to the creation of a separate alabaster industry.
- The video argues that hard-stone vessels were machine-made and that Imhotep created an alabaster industry to copy them. That interpretation is not established by the cited evidence.
- The video reports wall-thickness differences and uses missing central tube-drill marks to distinguish handmade alabaster; the cited sources do not independently support those generalizations.
- The Step Pyramid's mass is estimated in millions of tonnes, not 400,450,000 tons.
- The video claims the subterranean passages predate the Step Pyramid; the cited sources do not support that chronology.
Sources
Step Pyramid complex at Saqqarasmarthistory.org
Some Egyptologists believe Djoser retrieved these vessels from earlier royal tombs that had been damaged and buried them in his own complex for safekeeping; ...
The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoseregymonuments.gov.eg
The Step Pyramid is composed of six stacked mastabas, thus creating the stepped effect. Imhotep, its architect, may very well have been responsible for this ...
Djoser Step Pyramid – One of Egypt's Most Famous Tombsegypttoursplus.com
The burial chamber contained over 40,000 stone vessels carved from various materials including granite, diorite, and alabaster. Many bore inscriptions
Pyramid of Djoseren.wikipedia.org
In the storerooms along here over 40,000 stone vessels were found, many of which predate Djoser. More than 40,000 vessels, bowls and vases made of various ...
Step Pyramid at Saqqara King Djoser 2667-2648bcdiscoveringegypt.com
Djoser and Imhotep built an enormous mastaba of stone, but during construction they built another mastaba on top of the first—and then another on top of the ...
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