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The quoted texts indicate the function of the pyramid: to contain the essence of the king for all eternity. According to the same texts, the king is resurrected, and ascends to heaven to live eternally among the gods, transfigured into a star.
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They are, of all the vestiges bequeathed by the Egyptians of antiquity, the most portentous and emblematic recognized. Built as royal crypts for the pharaohs from the year 2700 BC, with stone blocks lined with limestone, they were large white constructions.
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At the beginning of Dynasty III (c. 2700 BC) the royal mastabas were transformed into stepped pyramids, made up of several tiers, like a "gigantic staircase" that rises to the sky.
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Nowadays the pyramids are considered very important for the Egyptians since they are part of their culture and their ancestors
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Dyeser (Zoser) "Stepped" c. 2660 BC C. Saqqara
Seneferu c. 2610 a. C. Meidum
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The Great Pyramid of Gizeh is the oldest of the seven wonders. Built around 2570 BC, in the eyes of Greeks and Romans the pyramids of Egypt were monuments as wonderful as they were exotic.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza, built by Cheops, is currently one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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It was ordered to be built by Pharaoh Cheops of the 4th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The architect of this work is Hemiunu. The estimated date of completion of the construction of the Great Pyramid is around 2570 BC. C., being the first and largest of the three great pyramids of the Necropolis of Giza
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the classical, smooth-faced pyramids of Dynasty IV (c. 2500 BC); the most famous and best preserved of which are the pyramids of Cheops, Khafren, and Menkaure, erected on the Giza plateau, near present-day Cairo
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The Pyramid of Kheops, or Great Pyramid of Giza, is one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. The area of the pyramids from Giza to Dahsur was declared by UNESCO, in 1979, a World Heritage Site.
