What was the appearance of pyramids?

Answer 1

Unclear on exactly what you are asking here because I'm not sure if you didn't mean to ask "When" instead of what. Imhotep was the first builder of a pyramid for his Pharaoh Djoser/Zoser (spelling varies) ca 2630–2611 BCE. He began building what was to have been the largest mastaba, from the word meaning bench due to there long flat rectangular single story appearance with little to no exterior decoration, which had been the previous burial chambers of the earliest Pharaohs but he just kept adding smaller mastabas on top of the first creating what we know as the Step Pyramid and the first Pyramid.

Answer 2

The pyramids of Giza when first completed were covered with a layer of limestone that was smooth and shiny. The inside blocks (which are now exposed) are made of granite. The 2 large pyramids, Khufu and Khafre, where completely covered in the shiny white limestone. The top half of the smallest of the three pyramids, Menkaura, was covered in white limestone, while the bottom half of the pyramid was covered in pink limestone. The capstones of the pyramids were made of a combination of gold & silver which was called electrum.

After a giant earthquake in the 1300's loosened and cracked the pristine white limestone that coated the pyramids, the stones were used to decorate mosques and helped build the surrounding towns.

Answer 3

probably a bit like they are now

they might of had to go over it a bit and it probably took time as well.