The Egyptians used that shape because pyramid represented the first land to appear at the beginning of time- a hill called 'Ben-Ben'. The pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could symbolically climb to the sky and live forever. The pyramid represented the rays of the sun.
Nevertheless, it is surprising that The Starry Night has become so well known. an amalgamation of several different church spires that Van Gogh had depicted
