dynasty 3 pyramids

Egypt dynasty 3 pyramids are an advancement on the conventional mastaba chambers used in previous funerary rituals of the royal blood line. Today's archeologists have yet to discover evidence of a pyramid in Egypt that is older than Pharoah Djoser's reign. Djoser was 3rd king of the 3rd dynasty and Amhotep was his architect. It was Amhotep who built the first Egyptian pyramid. Djoser reigned as Pharoah of Egypt from 2630 to 2611 BC and the funerary complex or step pyramid was erected at Saqqara, just outside of the white walled holy compound of Memphis.

The pyramidal monumental structure stands as the first Egyption pyramid to be built of stone. The Djoser dynasty 3 pyramid began as a mastaba inside a mile long complex and was later expanded in at least two stages with the end result turning into a six step stone pyramid structure.

Pharoah Sneferu comes along in egypt dynasty 4 and builds up on three other pyramids that were founded as dynasty 3 pyramids.

One was situated six kms south of Djoser's Saqqara. Likely the pyramid was being built in honor of Pharoah Huni. This old kingdom king was the last Pharoah of the third dynasty. The Huni pyramid is sometimes referred to as the "onion" pyramid due the peeled look the exposed upper steps give it.

Further south from Saqqara and Meidum in Dashur another pyramid was being built in dynasty 3. Again, the Egyptian's were struggling with the physics and this pyramid slanted giving it the name of the "bent" pyramid.

The persisted and began construction on another pyramid complex again in Dashur. This one is sometimes referred to as the third pyramid of Snefru or the "red" pyramid due mainly to the reddish tint it took on when the limestone used in the core oxidized when exposed to sunlight.

So dynasty 3 pyramids include

1. Dsojer's pyramid at Saqqara
2. Huni's pyramid at Meidum
3. The bent pyramid at Dashur
4. The red Sneferu pyramid at Dashur

Meanwhile...the wikipedia dynasty 3 pyramids list goes as follows ( historical hindsight is not 20/20)

1. Pyramid of Dsojer
2. Buried pyramid of Sekhemkhet
3. Layered pyramid of Khaba at Zawiyet el-Aryan

Confused yet.....post dating history and digging up bones is about as valid as predicting the future and manifesting new realities.

See if you can make sense of it by following up into dynasty 4 pyramids in Egypt.