Ultimately, Djoser's step pyramid was overshadowed by the stature and resplendence of the pyramids of Giza.

最终，乔塞尔的阶梯金字塔被吉萨金字塔的高大和辉煌所掩盖。

The Meidum Pyramid was a hybrid. It started out as a step pyramid.

美杜姆金字塔是一种混合结构。它最初是一个阶梯金字塔。

Their construction began on a new step pyramid using almost the same architecture as Sekhemkhet's unfinished pyramid.

他们开始建造一个新的阶梯金字塔，使用的建筑风格几乎与赛凯姆凯特未完成的金字塔相同。

After the first step pyramids were constructed, a pharaoh named Sneferu decided that he wanted a smooth-sided pyramid for his tomb.

在金字塔成功建成的第一步之后，一个名叫斯尼弗鲁的法老决定，他想为他的坟墓建一个侧面光滑的金字塔。

Huni broke from tradition and built multiple smaller step pyramids all over Egypt, instead of one big one at Sakqqara.

胡尼打破了传统，在埃及各地建造了多座较小的阶梯金字塔，而不是在萨卡拉建造一座大型金字塔。

This structure, which marked his tomb, is a step pyramid.

这个标志着他的坟墓的结构是一个阶梯金字塔。

And today we're left with a strange sight, half the step pyramid core exposed , the other half encased in limestone.

今天我们看到了一个奇怪的景象, 阶梯金字塔的一半露出了, 另一半被石灰石包裹着。

The result was what we call a step pyramid—a giant stairway meant to help the soul of the Pharaoh climb into the heavens.

结果就建成了我们命名的阶梯金字塔——一个巨大的阶梯意味着帮助法老的灵魂爬到天上。

Instead, he opted to be buried in a traditional mastaba which would be more likely if he predated Djoser and his step pyramid.

相反，他选择被埋葬在一个传统的墓室里，如果他比乔塞尔和他的阶梯金字塔更早的话。

Originally mistaken for part of China's Great Wall, archeologists have excavated a stepped pyramid at a site called Shimao.

最初被误认为是中国长城的一部分，考古学家在一个叫做石峁的地方挖掘出了一座阶梯金字塔。

The site's central area, which functioned as a residential, governmental, and religious center, is dominated by the impressive Temple of the Inscriptions, a 75-foot-tall, stepped limestone pyramid.

遗址的中心区域是住宅、政府和宗教中心，其中最引人注目的是铭文神庙，这是一座高 75 英尺的阶梯状石灰岩金字塔。

The largest and most important building in the city was this patron god's home: the ziggurat, a temple designed as a stepped pyramid.

这座城市最大、最重要的建筑是这位守护神的家：金字塔，一座设计成阶梯金字塔的寺庙。

This stepped pyramid with a flat top is not a burial place like most other pyramids but is a temple to Shiva built under the reign of King Jayavarman.

这座顶部平坦的阶梯式金字塔不像大多数其他金字塔那样是埋葬的地方，而是在阇耶跋摩国王统治时期建造的湿婆神庙。

Even so, some still think that credit should be shared and see it as perhaps a father-son project where Huni built the original step pyramid as deferred decided to add the smooth outer layer.

即便如此，一些人仍然认为应该共享荣誉，并将其视为一项父子工程在那里，胡尼建造了最初的阶梯金字塔，后来决定添加光滑的外层。