| In Egypt pyramids were used as monumental tombs, whereas in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, and South America they were temple platforms. |
| The primary building material was large adobe brick, and huge pyramids towered above the city. |
| He used the pyramids as support for a totally barmy argument against metric units. |
| Initially it was thought that the Maya pyramids did not serve as tombs, but recent explorations have identified burial sites within some of them. |
| The great pyramids were burial tombs for the pharaohs who were revered as gods on earth. |
| Housing artifacts of the Moche people, the museum is designed like one of their pyramids. |
