Each of the three pyramids had a complete monumental complex of mortuary temples, Mastabas tombs, smaller subsidiary pyramids, in which members of the royal family and officials were buried.
The whole complex was connected, by a causeway, to three valley temples and the sphinx. These in turn were linked, by a cannel, to the Nile.
Imagining Egypt
A Living Portrait Of The Time Of The Pharaohs
Written and Illustrated
by Mark Millmore
How did they build the pyramids? See a step-by-step view
Saqqara Reconstruction
New Egyptian reference book, for all ages. With 192 pages
and hundreds of illustration