Pyramids

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(Malek 90).
King Djoser's chief architect for his pyramid was Imhotep. It is
thought that King Djoser's stone tomb started out having the standard shape of a
mastaba. Then, as construction progressed, a concept evolved. Imhotep began to
place one flat-topped stone structure atop another until he had created six
steps by which the king could ascent to the heavens after death. The Egyptians
had a firm belief in an afterlife and viewed their pharaohs as gods. These
beliefs were a strong force that led to the piling up of stones to such a
monumental scale. The Step Pyramid rose to a height of 204 feet; later pyramids
increased in height as their designs changed. It was not sufficient that a
pyramid be immense, but it had to be built so solidly that it would stand
forever.
Although the Step Pyramid was the first pyramid, the Great Pyramid is
the best known. The Great Pyramid was built for King Cheop. It is the largest
pyramid of the three at Giza. The three pyramids built for ...

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stone were laid so perfectly that from
a distance the pyramid appeared to have been made from a single white stone.
The main difference of the Great Pyramid compared to other pyramids,
besides the fact of its size, is the difference of the location of the burial
chamber. The Great Pyramid's burial chamber was in the uppermost part of the
pyramid. This was something new, burial chambers in other pyramids were located
beneath the pyramid. To reach the burial chamber inside the Great Pyramid a
upward sloping corridor was built. The ramp for the king's ascent to the polar
stars was therefore lost. A substitute for the ramp was devised in the form of
a northern ventilation shaft, ...

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