Think of the pyramid-building era like a really intense music festival. The pre-show started with Djoser in 2670 BCE. The headliner (Khufu) rocked the stage in 2560 BCE. And then, by about 2540 BCE, the encore was over.
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The later pyramids from the Middle Kingdom (after 2000 BCE) were often made of mudbrick and have since crumbled into sad little piles. They look like melted ice cream cones. Not the glorious sun-ray symbols the Old Kingdom dreamed up.
So, the classic pyramid era lasted only about 130 years. That’s a blink in history. Imagine if all the world’s great symphonies were written in one summer. That’s what ancient Egypt did with pyramids.
