A HEAD OF DJOSER, heavily damaged but still revealing, suggests

the commanding personality of a great king. In his reign, the size

of Egyptian sculpture and architecture dramatically increased.

DJOSER'S TEMPLE and step pyramid (background'J at Sakkarah, al-

though the first all-stone structures, ivere nevertheless built along
lines used by architects accustomed to working with mud bricks.

THE TALLEST PYRAMIDS, built at Gizeh for Khufu (right) and

Khafre, form a backdrop for a caravan. Camels came into general
use in Egypt at least 20 centuries after these tombs were built.

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