Mastaba

Step Pyramid

Meydum Pyramid

BENT PYRAMID

Red Pyramid

3 GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA

ROCK HEWN / CUT TOMBS

Structure: MastabaDate: 3000-2500 BCOwner: DjoserPurpose: a house structure in Ancient Egypt, Mastabas marked the burial sites.Materials: rectangular flat-roofed buildings, made of mud brick, cover the burial chamber.Location: Egyptian city of AbydosInfo: a height of 1720 feet (56 m), consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings.

Structure: Step PyramidDate: 27th century BCOwner: DjosePurpose: Intended to hold his mummified body.Materials: 11.6 million cubic feet (330,400 cubic meters) of stone and clay.Location: SaqqaraInfo: 197-foot-high (60 meters) pyramid, with six layers, one built on top of the other.

Structure: Meidum PyramidDate: 2613 - 2494 BCOwner: HuniPurpose: Burial SitesMaterials: Stone and ClayLocation: Egypt. Meidum.Info: size of the pyramid was 144m square and 42m high. The entrance into the pyramid is on the north side up a 30m stairway.

Structure: Bent PyramidDate: 2600 BCOwner: SneferuPurpose: unknown religious purposeMaterials: limestone, pink granite, basalt, and alabasterLocation: royal necropolis of DahshurInfo: Height101.1metres(332ft)

Base188.6metres(619ft)

Slope5427' (lower)4322' (upper)

Structure: Red PyramidDate: 2590 BCE2570 BCEOwner: SneferuPurpose: Burial PlaceMaterials: red limestone stonesLocation: Giza Governorate, EgyptInfo: also called the North PyramidHeight105 metres (344ft)

Base220 metres (722ft)

Slope4322'

Structure: 3 GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZADate: 25802560 BCOwner: GizaPurpose: Burial PlaceMaterials: limestone, pink granite, basalt, and alabasterLocation: Al-Jzah (Giza) in northern EgyptInfo: Height146.5 metres (481ft), ancient138.8 metres (455ft), contemporary

Base230.4 metres (756ft)

Structure: ROCK HEWN / CUT TOMBSDate: 5th century BC.Owner: Nicholas of MyraPurpose: Two burial sitesMaterials: rock-cut tombs carvedLocation: Myra in TurkeyInfo: Myra once had a great temple of the goddess Artemis Eleuthera, said to be Lycia's largest and most splendid building.