el-Fara'un, tomb of king Shepseskaf (Dynasty 4)
pyramid complex of king Userkaf (Dynasty 5)
Haram el-Shawaf, pyramid complex of king Djedkare
pyramid of king Menkauhor
mastaba of Ti
mastaba of the Two Brothers (Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum)
pyramid complex of king Unas
mastaba of Ptahhotep
pyramid complex of king Teti (Dynasty 6)
mastaba of Mereruka
mastaba of Kagemni
Mastaba of Akhethetep
pyramid complex of king Pepi I
pyramid complex of king Merenre
pyramid complex of king Pepi II
First Intermediate Period monuments
pyramid of king Ibi (Dynasty 8)
Middle Kingdom
From the Middle Kingdom onwards, Memphis was no longer the capital of the country, and kings built their funerary complexes elsewhere. Few private monuments from this period have been found at Saqqara.
Second Intermediate Period monuments
pyramid of king Khendjer (Dynasty 13)
pyramid of an unknown king
New Kingdom
During the New Kingdom Memphis was an important administrative and military centre, second only to the capital. From the Eighteenth Dynasty onwards many high officials built tombs at Saqqara. When still a general, Horemheb built a large tomb here, though he was later buried as Pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes. Other important tombs belong to the vizier Aperel and to Maia, the wet-nurse of Tutankhamun.
Many monuments from earlier periods were still standing, but dilapidated by this period. Prince Khaemweset, son of Pharaoh Ramesses II, made repairs to buildings at Saqqara. Among other things, he restored the Pyramid of Unas and added an inscription to its south face to commemorate the restoration. He enlarged the Serapeum, the burial site of the mummified Apis bulls, and was later buried in the catacombs. The Serapeum, containing one undisturbed interment of an Apis bull and the tomb of Khaemweset,
