Zingaphezulu kwe-100 iiphiramidi kwi Jiphethe, kodwa ezona zidumileyo zezi Iiphiramidi ze-giza. Ziiphiramidi ezintathu ezikumantla elizwe, kwisixeko saseGiza, apho iPiramidi eNkulu ikwabizwa ngokuba yiPyramidi yeCheops, ekuphela kwayo kwimimangaliso esixhenxe yelizwe lakudala esele isemi .
Kufuneka kongezwe ukuba iGiza ibekwe kunxweme olusentshona loMlambo umNayile, kufutshane nesixeko saseCairo. Kwaye xa sicinga ngeephiramidi zase-Egypt, ezona zinto zixhaphakileyo eziza kuthi qatha kwezi zintathu ziimpawu ezinkulu ze-Egypt yakudala, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ayizizo zodwa iiphiramidi kuloo mmandla.
Iiphiramidi zokuqala zase-Egypt zazingafani neepiramidi zaseGiza. Endaweni yoko, amacala ayeqinisiwe, njengohlobo lweepiramidi ezinyathelekileyo ezaziqhelekile okwexeshana, emva koko la macala azaliswa ukuze enze umphezulu ogudileyo esidibana nawo ngoku neepiramidi zase-Egypt.
Eyona piramidi indala yipiramidi yenyathelo eSaqqara. Le yipiramidi yenyani ye-Djoser ekholelwa ukuba yakhiwa ngexesha lesithathu lobukhosi.
IPyramidi eNkulu kukholelwa ukuba yathatha ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-80 ukuyakha. Ixesha elide, abantu babekholelwa ukuba ezi zakhiwo zazakhiwe ngomsebenzi wamakhoboka, nangona kunjalo namhlanje kukholelwa ukuba abakhi beepiramidi benziwa ngamafama ngexesha lemvula xa bengakwazi ukusebenza kwiifama zabo.
Enye inkcukacha kukuba amangcwaba kaFaro ngaphambili abizwa ngokuba yimastabas, eyayingcwaba elalakhiwe elulwalweni elinesakhiwo esixande ngaphezulu. Ibali libalisa ukuba uFaro Djoser wayengenayo i-mastaba eyakhelwe yena, kodwa endaweni yoko kwakukho iphiramidi enkulu eyakhiweyo.
I-Pyramid ye-Djoser yayiyipiramidi enyathelekileyo kwaye ibekwe eSaqqara eyayenziwe ngeebhloko zelitye kwaye imi kwiimitha ezingama-204 ukuphakama kwaye yayiyeyona nto inkulu eyaziwayo ngelo xesha, eyayiyindoda. Le phiramidi iqikelelwa ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-4.600 XNUMX ubudala.