Sights Saqqara consists of five different archeological sites scatted over a large area. The primary destination for most visitors is North Saqqara, site of the funerary compiex and the great Step Pyramid of Zoser I. (Most sites are accessible, but entrance into the pyramid itself requires special permission from the Antiquities Service; ask at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.) The three pyramids of Abu Sir lie 6km north of North Saqqara, only a few kilometers from the tiny village of Abu Sir. The two pyramids and the funerary complex of South Saqqara are about 4km south of North Saqqara. The historically significant but scanty ruins of the ancient city of Memphis are farther from the necropolis of Saqqara, located next to the Nile just south of the village of Mit-Rahine. The pyramids of Dahshur are at the southern end of the row.