# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/djoser
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:45:33.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/djoser"
name: "Djoser"
slug: "djoser"
description: "The pharaoh who built the first colossal stone structure in ancient Egypt — a step pyramid that rewrote what scale and permanence meant in the ancient world."
tagline: "Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Djoser_statue.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "-2800"
deathDate: "-2700"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Djoser ruled during the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, son of King Khasekhemwy and Queen Nimaathap, though whether he directly succeeded them remains unclear. Most Ramesside king lists place a King Nebka before him, but Egyptologists still debate the throne sequence because the contemporary Horus names don't align neatly. What isn't debated is the pyramid: Djoser commissioned the step pyramid, the earliest colossal stone building in ancient Egypt, a structure that opened an epoch. The Greeks later knew him as Tosorthros and Sesorthos, names that carried long after the stone stopped rising.