Sekhemkhett's pyramid was basically just a fancier mastaba made out of limestone instead of mud bricks.

赛凯姆凯特的金字塔基本上只是一个用石灰石而不是泥砖建造的华丽的斜纹坟墓。

Egyptians began to build flat tombs called mastabas out of mud bricks or stone.

埃及人开始用泥砖或石头建造平顶坟墓，叫石室坟墓。

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。

During the first two dynasties, pharaohs were buried in mastabas which were rectangular tombs dug into the ground with sloping walls and a flat roof.

在前两个朝代，法老被埋葬在斜纹坟墓，这是一种长方形坟墓，挖入地下，倾斜的墙壁和平台。

Then, about four and a half thousand years ago, an architect named Imhotep had the idea to build a stack of mastabas on top of each other, each one smaller than the last.

当时，约4500年前，一个名叫英霍蒂普的建筑师想到了一个主意，把很多石室坟墓自下而上、从大到小垒起来。