What does flat top mean?

#mysteriousincredible What does flat top mean?

Why did ancient civilizations on both sides of the Atlantic, unaware of each other, stubbornly stack stones in a pyramidal shape?

The Egyptian pyramids are not only the smooth giants of Giza, but also stepped "progenitors" like the Pyramid of Djoser, and the main difference lies at the top.

The pointed top of classical pyramids symbolized the sunbeam along which the pharaoh's soul rushed to the god Ra—it was a perfect geometric finish. The flat top of earlier step pyramids, however, is an architectural remnant of mastabas (truncated pyramid-shaped tombs), which were simply stacked on top of each other, never quite achieving a perfect cone.

Incidentally, the Mesoamerican pyramids needed a flat top for temples and sacrifices, but for the Egyptians, the ascending vector itself was important.

So the two forms in Egypt are not a mystery, but a clear history of progress: from a crude stage to mathematical perfection, where every stone was laid with eternity in mind.