The great antiquity of the tombs at sakkara makes these of importance, although much of the work is inferior to that at Thebes.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
Even in the tomb of Ti at sakkara, which dates from the time of the Pyramids, we meet with a chief overseer of the vessels belonging to a wealthy Egyptian.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
How much this first physician was thought of will be best appreciated from the fact that the well-known step pyramid at sakkara, the old cemetery near Memphis, is called by his name.
"Education: How Old The New"
James J. Walsh