The Last Tomb

It has been several weeks since we arrived here, south of Cairo, in Saqqara with a sun that looks relentless despite the dry climate and only the water and shelter under the tent we have set up gives us some relief. I came with two colleagues with whom I have been studying and contrasting data from the area for some time to locate the tomb of Imhotep and we have clues that lead us to think that he lies buried very close to the step pyramid of Djoser, right here in Saqqara and south of this one, about 500 meters away. Imhotep was his architect and would surely be buried, as was customary, near the tomb he built for Pharaoh Djoser.