Nile pyramids,artwork. This overhead view shows 35 pyramids and other structures (left) on a 90-kilometre-long north to south stretch of the plateau west of the river Nile in Ancient Egypt,south of what is now Cairo. These pyramids were built over a period of 1300 years as tombs for the Egyptian rulers (the pharaohs). From top to bottom the ones shown here are: Djedefre,Khufu-Khafre-Menkaure (the three Giza pyramids),Khaba (stepped),Niuserre,Userkaf,Sahure,Niuserra,Neferirkare,Neferefre,Teti,Userkaf,Djoser (stepped,the earliest known pyramid),Unas,Pepy I (stepped),Merenre,Sekhem,Djedkar Isesi,Pepy II,Mastaba el-Faraun (mastaba),Khendjer,Sesotris III,Sneferu,Amenemhat III (Dashur),Pyramids of Mazghuna,Amenemhat I,Sesostris I,Huni and Sneferu,Amenemhat III (Hawara),and Sesostris II |