Tombs of early Egyptian kings were bench-shaped mounds called mastabas. Around 2780 BCE, King Djoser's architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one ...

This is where our history of Egypt begins, in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza ... the desert sands revise our understanding of ancient Egypt. This web site will show you science in ...

The largest Egyptian pyramid ever built was Pharaoh Khufu’s Great Pyramid of Giza. It is the tallest pyramid that you can see in this picture. It is made from over two million stone blocks.