Pyramids

 

 Posted by Alex

The first pyramid was called a mastaba and it was created by a priest named Imhotepe. Imhotepe built the biggest mastaba for king Zoser. 

 

When the big  mastaba was still being built Zoser wanted something better.  Imhotepe decided to make more mastabas on top of each offer and it was called a step pyramid.

The pyramids were built as tombs to bury their pharaohs in. Today there are about eighty pyramids left and the most famous is called The Great Pyramid and is located in Giza. The word pyramid comes from pyramis which means 'wheat cake' in Greek because the Greeks thought they looked like wheat cakes. The Egyptians called the pyramids 'mer'.