The mystery of pyramids, artistic and cultural inheritance of the Egyptians, is considerable and fascinating; its richness, both material and intellectual, that seems to have arisen from the abyss of prehistory, five thousands years ago, completely unexpectedly and almost from nothing, is much more surprising. At the dawn of the third millennium mankind is still not able to completely solve the ancient riddles of an extraordinary culture, as the Egyptians, despite evolution and knowledge. Images by L. Sala.