Apparently there are many here who do not appreciate what can be done with 20,000 to 100,000 manual laborers working for years.
If nothing else was possible, they could have raised the level of the surrounding terrain as the pyramid was being built. When it was completed, only the last topmost piece of the pyramid would be visible. Then the sand or dirt or whatever would be removed, restoring the original (and current) level of the terrain, and exposing the completed pyramid. .
If nothing else was possible, they could have raised the level of the surrounding terrain as the pyramid was being built. When it was completed, only the last topmost piece of the pyramid would be visible. Then the sand or dirt or whatever would be removed, restoring the original (and current) level of the terrain, and exposing the completed pyramid. .