Pyramid of Djoser
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
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🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So last summer, I went to Egypt with my then-girlfriend. |
| 0:06.0 | I proposed on a Nile River cruise, which was really dope. |
| 0:10.0 | So now she's my fiance. |
| 0:12.0 | Aside from that, we did all the touristy stuff. |
| 0:14.0 | I mean, you can't go to Egypt and not do the tourists. |
| 0:17.0 | There's just so much history there. |
| 0:19.0 | We went to see the Sphinx, Pyramid |
| 0:21.0 | to Giza, the Egyptian Museum. But what really stood out to me from the trip was this other |
| 0:26.9 | pyramid we saw. It was actually the first pyramid. This is the world's first example of architecture |
| 0:37.0 | made of stone. It is the oldest building in the world, |
| 0:41.1 | and it is still standing today. The Pyramid Esakara, aka Zosur's Pyramid, aka the Step Pyramid. |
| 0:49.5 | It was incredible to see, but what really stuck with me was the guy who designed it. |
| 0:55.0 | And it was created by an African, Imhotep, for an African king by the name of Zoser. |
| 1:02.0 | Amhotep. |
| 1:04.0 | At the Egyptian Museum, when we were talking in Egyptian medicinal practice, I heard this name again. |
| 1:09.0 | And when our God was telling us about the ancient Egyptian's understanding of astronomy, |
| 1:14.1 | there he was again. |
| 1:15.2 | Imhotep. |
| 1:15.9 | Mhotep. |
| 1:16.8 | A multi-genius who lived 2,000 years before ancient Greece was even a thing. |
| 1:22.4 | A genius whose work in astronomy, medicine, and architecture actually influenced the Greeks. |
| 1:28.2 | Imhotep, an ancient genius who was African. |
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