What makes the Step Pyramid so seminal?
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The Step Pyramid is the first known monumental structure made of stone anywhere in the world. The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser - also spelled Zozer - was built during the Third Dynasty (2800 B.C.) in Saqqara, Egypt. Considered by many to be the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely of stone, Djoser's Step Pyramid is a series of six levels of stone decreasing in size as they ascend to about 200 feet in height. A mastaba, which is Arabic for "bench," was a low rectangular structure which was built over a shaft which descended to the burial location. Until the Step Pyramid, mastabas had been the principal form of tomb architecture.
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