What were they made of?/ What did they look like?
There were three different types of pyramids
The Mastaba
- Rectangular structure
- One level
- Sloping walls, Flat roof
- Originally made from mud brick. Later built from stone
- King tut was buried under a mastaba
The Step Pyramid
- Has six "steps"
- looks like six mastabas on top of one another
- Built from the same materials as mastabas
The True Pyramid
- What we think of as a pyramid today
- Made from rock and limestone
- inspired by the step pyramid