When Were Pyramids Built

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But Khufu’s pyramid wasn’t the first. Not even close. The very first pyramid was the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2670 BCE. That’s nearly a century earlier! It was designed by a genius architect named Imhotep.

Imhotep basically looked at a flat tomb (called a mastaba) and said, “Nah, let’s stack this thing up like a giant wedding cake.” And voilà! The pyramid era was born. He was a doctor, a priest, and an architect—basically the Leonardo da Vinci of the Old Kingdom, minus the helicopter sketches (probably).

So, the Timeline in a Nutshell

Here’s the cheat sheet for your next trivia night. The pyramid-building craze mostly happened during the Old Kingdom, from about 2670 to 2550 BCE. That’s a tight 120-year window for all the famous ones.

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After that, the Egyptians kept building them, but they got smaller and less impressive. The later pharaohs tried to copy the big boys, but it’s like your cousin trying to play a guitar solo after seeing Eddie Van Halen. It just wasn’t the same magic.