Describe the pyramids in the Old Kingdom.

So many
pyramids were constructed during
Egypt's Old Kingdom that it is sometimes referred to as the Age
of Pyramids.
It was during this period most of the pyramids at Giza and Sneferu were

built.

Pyramids of the Old Kingdom were almost always utilized as
elaborate
royal tombs. They were constructed of stone blocks, although
sometimes bricks were also used.
While it is missing today, the pyramids were
originally covered with a surface of smooth
polished limestone which would
gleam in the sunshine. The tips of these pyramids were crowned
with a
capstone of basalt, granite, or other hard rock and often covered with shining metal
such
as gold or silver. Some of these pyramids were extremely monumental. The
largest, the Pyramid of
Khufu, was nearly five hundred feet tall. Some were
much smaller, such as the so-called Queen's
Pyramids, which are under one
hundred feet in height. Pyramids were usually built near other
pyramids and
not far from temple complexes.

The tombs themselves were
placed
inside of these grand structures in a series of tunnels and chambers.
The grandest of these
chambers were reserved for the mummified body of the
Pharoah. Nearby would be smaller chambers
for the bodies of servants and
other members of the royal family. Inside all these rooms were
places for
objects meant to accompany the deceased to the world of the dead. Since it
was
believed that the souls of the deceased traveled with the setting sun to
the underworld, most
Old Kingdom pyramids were constructed west of the Nile
River.

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