History and biography of piramids

Ancient masonry structures in Egypt

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt.

Sources cite at least 118 identified "Egyptian" pyramids.^[1][2] Approximately 80 pyramids were built within the Kingdom of Kush, now located in the modern country of Sudan. Of those located in modern Egypt, most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.^[3][4][5]

The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis, although at least one step-pyramid-like structure has been found at Saqqara, dating to the First Dynasty: Mastaba 3808, which has been attributed to the reign of Pharaoh Anedjib, with inscriptions, and other archaeological remains of the period, suggesting there may have been others.^[6] The otherwise earliest among these is the Pyramid of Djoser built c. 2630–2610 BCE during