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The First Pyramids Built > 
The first pyramid was the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, built for King Zoser in 2750 BC. This first application of large scale technology, however, is often attributed to Imhotep, the architect of the Step Pyramid. He was not a pharaoh, but was the Director of Works of Upper and Lower Egypt. The superstructure of the pyramid was made of small limestone blocks and desert clay. Inside, the burial chamber and storage spaces for Zoser's grave goods were carved out of the earth and rock beneath the structure. Imhotep's intent was to mimic the basic structure of King Zoser's palatial home in the burial chamber. The tomb, like those that followed, was meant to be a replica of the royal palace. In early tombs, the central area was always the burial place. The other surrounding rooms contained burial artifacts such as furniture and jewelry and other provisions owned by the king. False doors of heavy stone, inscribed with heiroglyphs, represented passageways between rooms. There were no real doors between the rooms, because it was believed the king would be able to move about his rooms, in the afterlife, without the help of structural passageways.
It was only 150 years later, in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom, that King Khufu commissioned the building of the largest pyramid of all, the Great Pyramid, which is the last remaining wonder of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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Ancient Egypt Timeline
History begins with the names of kings written in their tombs, and hints of events from rock inscriptions and ivory and wooden labels. Kings and their Great Royal Wives a... |
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Mesopotamian Timeline
A timeline of ancient Mesopotamian history up to and including the Persians. Mesopotamia stands at the very dawn of human recorded history; we are often fooled into think... |
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Ancient Egypt Timeline
BBC History Online: Akhenaten is a source of endless fascination and speculation - this often masks the fact that we actually know very little about him. Dr Kate Spence e... |
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Narmer, 1st King of all Egypt
Narmer was an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled in the 31st century BC. Thought to be the successor to the predynastic Scorpion and/or Ka, he is considered by some to be the fou... |
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Pharaoh Khufu, Build Pyramid of Giza
Khufu (in Greek known as Cheops) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 B.C. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty... |
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Mentuhotep II, 1st Ruler Middle Kingdom
Mentuhotep II, First Ruler of the Middle Kingdom. His throne name was most certainly Neb-hetep-re, meaning "Pleased is the Lord Re", though we also find it spelled Nebhep... |
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Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt
Queen Nefertiti is perhaps better known than her husband, the heretic king Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV). It is said that even in the ancient world, her beauty was famous, and... |
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Tutankhamen, Pharaoh
Tutankhamen, whose birth name, was Tutankhaten, was probably the son of the heretic Pharaoh Amenophis IV and his queen, Kiya. At a very early age he married his half-sist... |
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