It is indeed amazing. Like, the death of Cleopatra in 69 BC is closer to our present day than it is to the building of the great pyramid of Khufu (~2600 BC).
What's even more interesting is that even the great pyramid itself wasn't the beginning of it all, they built it in the later Old Kingdom period.
And we know so much because of the unusual culture of having to carve out one's achievements on the tombstone. In fact, serious people of the Nile cared more about the afterlife than life itself.
And we know so much because of the unusual culture of having to carve out one's achievements on the tombstone. In fact, serious people of the Nile cared more about the afterlife than life itself.