The Egyptian Pyramids
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There are several reasons why pyramids were being built in Egypt during the times between 3,000 – 1,000 B.C. First of all, the pyramids were to be used for funerary monuments. During this time period Egypt had been divided into great dynasties known as the Predynastic period. The Old Kingdom, ....
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.... their tombs for the enjoyment of their spirits. It was also important to provide a body for the spirits to dwell in a mummified corpse or a statue in the case that the body was destroyed.
These sacred pyramids for the pharaohs were built in all types of shapes. Common in all pyramids is a central location that is high in elevation. This “high point” represents the stepping stone to the heavens.
Usually there would be a Mastaba in the tomb it was known to be as a squarish mound faced wi ....
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