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Ann Williams: National Geographic, Treasures of Egypt

Earth Ancients

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The Great Kufu Pyramid

King Zoser in the third dynasty decided that he was not going to build his tomb down at Abidus or Ne'khan. He had this brilliant architect named Imhotep sort of created this idea of the step pyramid. There were a number of attempts between the step pyramid and what you see at Giza, which is the finest representative of that architectural form.

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