Blurb:

This chapter deals with the period of time during which Egypt experienced a long uninterrupted period of economic prosperity and political stability that was a continuation of the previous period which had seen the unification of Egypt ruled by a king who was elevated to a semi-divine status. Topics covered include:


- organization of the kingdom


- concepts of the afterlife


- concepts of the soul


- pit graves


- changes in funerary structures


- the step pyramid of Djoser


- step pyramid or stage 'mastaba?'


- development of the true pyramid


- the pyramid shape-


- the bent pyramid at Dashur


- the pyramid at Giza


- mysteries of the pyramid


- who built the pyramids


- pyramid construction, passages, techniques and raising the stones


- the legacy of the pyramids