the djoser pyramid was unique in the old kingdom in being built 2630 – 2610 bc.
the djoser pyramid was unique in the old kingdom in being built 2630 – 2610 bc.
the djoser pyramid was unique in the old kingdom in being?
built 2630 – 2610 bc
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the expansion of funerary monuments began in the reign of djoser, who built his complex entirely of stone and placed in the enclosure a step pyramid under which he was buried: the pyramid of djoser. for the rest of the old kingdom, tomb and temple were joined in elaborate stone pyramid complexes. near each pyramid complex was a town that supplied its needs, as towns would support temples throughout egyptian history. other changes came in the reign of sneferu who, beginning with his first pyramid at meidum, built pyramid complexes symmetrically along an east-west axis, with a valley temple on the banks of the nile linked to a pyramid temple at the foot of the pyramid. sneferu's immediate successors followed this pattern, but beginning in the late old kingdom, pyramid complexes combined different elements from the axial plan and from the rectangular plan of djoser. to supply the pyramid complexes, kings founded new towns and farming estates on undeveloped lands across egypt. the flow of goods from these lands to the central government and its temples helped unify the kingdom.
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