Pyramids were for the important people and those are the kings, because it took a lot of time and it took a lot of hard work, and quite a fortune to have a normal common man in the ancient times be buried under a pyramid. read more
The pyramid represented the first land to appear at the beginning of time- a hill called 'Ben-Ben'. The pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could symbolically climb to the sky and live forever. read more