the egyptians believed in a story of how djoser was able to end a famine. there is no evidence from the time of his rule, but an engraved stone, a stele, was made 2000 years later giving the details. even if the story is a legend, it does show that djoser was remembered as a great pharaoh. egypt had been suffering from a famine for seven years, when the god of the nile, khnum, spoke to djoser in a dream. djoser rebuilt khnum's temple on elephantine, an island near modern aswan. this pleased the god, and the famine ended. the ruins of the temple are still visible today.