how to build a pyramid

How a pyramid was built

The Place

The following reasons might have been important for selecting a site:

suitable expanse of solid flat ground
construction site as free as possible
the connection to the residence
proximity to quarries
the connection to the city of the sun god

Beginning of the building

Most of the kings might have begun already very early in their reigns to build their pyramid, though there are only few sources for the start of construction.

ramps	the angle of the pyramid	the workmen	the pyramidion
how to bring stones on top of the building	how the angle of the pyramids were calculated	the builder of the pyramid	the top piece of a pyramid

Only little is known about the building process of a pyramid; for discussion in literature see

Arnold 1991 (on stone building in Egypt in general; the most important book on the subject)
Arnold 2000 (on pyramid building in general)
Hampikian 1998 (on how the pyramidion was placed on the pyramid)
Hawass 1998 (evidence at the pyramid of Khufu at Gizeh)