Ancient Egyptian pyramids

ancient masonry structures constructed by ancient Egyptians

corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts dating to the Old Kingdom in Old Egyptian, carved onto the subterranean walls and sarcophagi of pyramids at Saqqara

thumb|right|Close-up of the Pyramidion of Amenemhat III at Dahshur. [[Egyptian Museum, Cairo]]A pyramidion (plural: pyramidia) is the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the upper section of an obelisk. Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language referred to pyramidia as benbenet and associated the pyramid as a whole with the sacred benben stone.

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In the creation myth of the Heliopolitan form of ancient Egyptian religion, Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters (Nu), and upon which the creator deity Atum settled. The Benben stone is associated with the top stone of a pyramid, which is called a pyramid's pyramidion (or benbenet). It is also related to the obelisk.

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overview about the Egyptian pyramid construction techniques

thumb|300px|right|Illustration of the ancient Egyptian measure of Seked compared with the slope of the Great Pyramid of Giza|Great Pyramid

smooth-sided pyramid

step pyramid

building in Egypt