before the necropolis. before the mastabas and temples.

What was there back before 3000BC when this area got lots more rain and the Nile Valley flooded to over 150'?

The valley farmers wouldn't have had much to do, so do they all retire to Memphis and wait for the water to recede? Was this an annual event for thousands of years?

What do the records say?

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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.