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=== Pyramids ===
=== Pyramids ===


+=== early tombs & monumental structures ===+
==== early tombs & monumental structures ====
[[File:Mastaba-faraoun-3.jpg|thumb|Example of a mastaba, a built-up structure over underground tomb]]
[[File:Mastaba-faraoun-3.jpg|thumb|Example of a mastaba, a built-up structure over underground tomb]]
* early Egyptians built elaborate underground burial tombs for kings & elites
* early Egyptians built elaborate underground burial tombs for kings & elites
** some tombs
* these underground tombs began to build up above ground with mud bricks
* these underground tombs began to build up above ground with mud bricks
* mastaba
* mastaba