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What were the Pyramids for?

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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Pyramids are tombs. Large pyramids were used as royal tombs from about 2680 BC, when the first pyramid was built at Saqqara for King Djoser of the Third Dynasty. This was a pyramid in six steps, and stepped pyramids continued to be used until the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty in about 2600 BC. At the [...]

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