Pharaoh djoser biography

Pharaoh Djoser, also sometimes called Djeser, is the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty.

He ruled approximately between -2691 and -2625.

Pharaoh djoser biography

These dates may not be entirely accurate because it is difficult to be sure of a reign of which we know relatively little, and which has, moreover, unfolded so long ago.

To situate it, one must know that the Third Dynasty, it is at the beginning of the old empire (-3150 to -2181), a long period of the ancient Egyptian history which goes grosso-modo of the unification of the peoples of the Nile, the dislocation of the Empire and its takeover by an impressive amount of 15 pharaohs in just 19 years.

Filiation

Djoser is the son of Pharaoh Khasekhemoui and Nimaathpy, his sister, as was practiced at the time.

This filiation seems today accepted, which was not the case during the nineteenth and twentieth century. It must be said that research is advancing quickly, in this ar