NOUN | a step pyramid | step pyramids | |
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- The design of Borobudur took the form of a step pyramid.
- and also by a graffito on the enclosure wall surrounding Sekhemkhet's unfinished step pyramid.
- Use of the royal cubit is also known from Old Kingdom architecture, from at least as early as the construction of the Step Pyramid of Djoser designed by Imhotep in around 2700 BC.
- The first King of the Old Kingdom was Djoser (sometime between 2691 and 2625 BC) of the Third Dynasty, who ordered the construction of a pyramid (the Step Pyramid) in Memphis' necropolis, Saqqara.
- The step pyramid (or proto-pyramid) was considered to be the earliest large-scale cut stone construction made by man as of 1997, He reigned long enough to allow the grandiose plan for his pyramid to be realized in his lifetime.
- The vase was found in the Step Pyramid of Djoser (Third Dynasty) at Saqqara.
- The most common temple architecture of Mesopotamia is the structure of sun-baked bricks called a ziggurat, having the form of a terraced step pyramid with a flat upper terrace where the shrine or temple stood.
- At Saqqara, Mastaba 3808, dating from the latter part of the 1st Dynasty, was discovered to contain a large, independently built step-pyramid-like structure enclosed within the outer palace facade mastaba.
- Other monuments at the site include several other step-pyramid temples, palaces, three ballcourts, sweat-baths, an unusual row of circular altars, and a cave with steps carved down into it.
- This led to the construction of pharaoh Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, which is known from records to have been built by the ancient Egyptian architect and advisor Imhotep.
- Similarities between Los Millares architecture and the step pyramid at Monte d'Accoddi in Sardinia have been noticed [...].
- The site has temples on step pyramids and plazas arranged to point to astronomical events such as the equinox sunrise, and is surrounded by a defensive wall.
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