Labels:sky | web site OCR: An ancient Egyptian's home was considered temporary therefore none were durable enough tr survive until today However tombs and temples were built tr last an eternity and knowledge t0 iancient Egyptian architecture comes mostly from these structures Initially prehistoric graves were simple burials covered with mound pf sand stones But jackals foraged among the stones and wind blew the sand away creating need for more secure burials The mastaba became the basic funerary structure varying in size and decoration according t0 the status of its occupant With Zoser's Step P yramid Egyptian technical competency and craftsmanship steadily progressed Successive pyramids reflect these improv /ements culminating with the Great Pyramid of Cheops in the Fourth Dynasty GRO'WTH OF THE SOUID CORE: There a ...
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