i would love to visit the pyramids.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in Egypt. As of November 2008, sources cite either 118 or 138 as the number of identified Egyptian pyramids. Most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis. The earliest among these is the Pyramid of Djoser (constructed 2630 BC\u20132611 BC) which was built during the third dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architect Imhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry. The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built. The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence. By the time of the Early Dynastic Period, those with sufficient means were buried in bench-like structures known as mastabas. The second historically-documented Egyptian pyramid is attributed to the architect Imhotep, who planned what Egyptologists believe to be a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would love to visit the Egyptian Pyramids one day.  So ancient and mysterious."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Are you primarily interested in the architecture?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not really, unless you count how they were constructed.  They are ancient, too.  They go back as far as 2600 BC"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It's the construction that I refer to, wondering how many people it must have taken to build even one. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, Amazing, isn't it.  They date from the dawn of recorded human history, the same time as the Assyrians inventing writing (cuneiform script)"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you know for whom the very first one was built?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm guessing, but that would probably be Djoser in the third dynasty?  Is that the one at Aswan or Memphis?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I believe it was Djoser, also called Zoser. It seems that other civilizations also built pyramids, but history seems to focus on Egypt."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Ah yes, Djoser.  His statue in the Cairo museum is the oldest in Egypt ( so far found, anyway)"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I find it fascinating that the Egyptians built these elaborate tombs and included all kinds of items their kings would need in the afterlife. But, I also wonder what happened to other people who died. They didn't build tombs as burial structures for average people, did they?"}]