Djoser pyramid reopened to public after restoration: Egypt reopened the 4,700-year-old step pyramid of Djoser to the public on Thursday following years of restoration work, AFP reports. The pyramid is believed to be Egypt’s oldest, and dominates the Saqqara necropolis. Work to restore the pyramid, which suffered from interior damage during a 1992 earthquake, began in 2006, but was interrupted in 2011 and 2012 before resuming in 2013, the Antiquities Ministry said. The work covered the pyramid’s outer facades, internal corridors, and a stone sarcophagus and stairs at two entrances, the Guardian reports.