Construction of the first pyramid on the Giza plateau in 2530 BC—1500 years into the Ancient Egyptian civilization.
Drawing c. 1985 by Mark Lehner (larger version) while unbuilding the pyramids, showing that the pyramids were not built by slave labor, but instead a feudal organization of privileged workers.
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