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How did the Greek historian Herodotus define the purpose of building the Egyptian pyramids?

About 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote that "the pyramids are the tombs of kings" based on what the Egyptians said at the time; in buildings such as the Great Pyramid of Giza Among them, there is a stone box believed to be a sarcophagus. However, what Herodotus wrote was just a rumor, and no mummy was ever found in the pyramid's stone chests.