Pyramids

Part I of Essay
When most people mention Ancient Egypt the first thing that comes to mind is the . To construct such monuments required a mastery of art, architecture and social organization that few cultures would ever rival. The are said to have built Egypt by being the force that knit ....

Part II of Essay
.... It was the world's first great construction project; indeed, it was the world's largest building. Djoser, the second king of the 3rd dynasty, hired an architect called Imhoptep who for the first time constructed a tomb completely of stone. Imhoptep is considered the preeminent genius of the Old Kingdom. He assembled one workforce to quarry limestone at the cliff of Tura, across the Nile, another to haul the stone to the site where master carvers shaped each block and put it in place. The Step Pyramid is a terraced structure rising in six une ....