== Pyramidernes historie ==
[[Fil:Mastaba-faraoun-3.jpg|right|thumb|250px|En [[mastaba]] nær [[Sakkara]].]]
Under [[den tidlige dynastiperiode (Egypten)|den tidlige dynasti periode]] blev folk i overklassen såvel som faraoer begravet i [[bænk]]lignende strukturer kaldt [[mastaba]]er.<ref>[http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/mastaba.html mastaba] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517063335/http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/mastaba.html |date=17. maj 2011 }} Burial customs: mastabas. University College London (2001) Retrieved 14 April 2005</ref><ref>[http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/earlydynastic.html Early Dynastic burial customs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722231319/http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/earlydynastic.html |date=22. juli 2013 }} Burial customs in Early Dynastic Egypt. University College London (2001). Retrieved 14 April 2005</ref>
Historie Bygninger,_konstruktioner_og_anlæg