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The stepstone pyramid at Saqqara, erected by pharaoh Djoser, is important because being constructed in the 24th century B.C. it was the first building known to be made completely out of stone. Advances in the technology used to build the step pyramid would lead to the creation of the Great Pyramids at Gizeh.
You need hundreds (possibly millions) of limestone blocks and about 30,000 slaves.
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1. It was available close to the pyramid site 2. Limestone is quite a soft stone so easy to work with copper tools
Mainly the same materials that were used to build the pyramids.. Limestone. The Great pyramid was actually built from limestone so that you could see it through half the sahara.
The creation of the first pyramid was done by building one mud brick mastaba on another until the shape of the first pyramid, the "step pyramid" was complete.
the great pyramid was built by king khufu. he used large stones. He used thousands of slaves to build it.
The stepstone pyramid at Saqqara, erected by pharaoh Djoser, is important because being constructed in the 24th century B.C. it was the first building known to be made completely out of stone. Advances in the technology used to build the step pyramid would lead to the creation of the Great Pyramids at Gizeh.
They used it to bury their kings, or pharaohs. They used it to build the pyramid for king Khufu
You need hundreds (possibly millions) of limestone blocks and about 30,000 slaves.
from quarries close to where the pyramid stands.
The first step pyramid was thought to be built in Egypt by Imhotep. It was said to be used as a burial site for the Pharaoh Djoser.
20,000
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they used hand tools
1. It was available close to the pyramid site 2. Limestone is quite a soft stone so easy to work with copper tools
The Great Pyramid is made of limestone, white casing stone and granite used to line the chambers inside. About 2.3 million limestone blocks were used to build the pyramid most of which was quarried locally. Most of the white casing stones have now disappeared. It was used to build Cairo.