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Well before pyramids, they built "mastabas". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastaba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastaba And before that, they "buried their de
by carterehsmith 7y ago
Well before pyramids, they built "mastabas". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastaba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastaba
And before that, they "buried their dead in pit graves dug out from the sand" (same article)
That _does_ indicate an increase in sophistication over time, from pit graves, to mastabas, to pyramids.
- irrational 7y agoI don't know if it was really an increase in sophistication. It was more evolution than revolution. You can see that the mastabas were just more elaborate pit graves. The first pyramid (the step pyramid) was originally a mastaba which was enlarged, then had a smaller mastaba added above it, then a smaller mastaba above that. The true pyramid was basically filling in the voids on the sides of the step pyramid.