5/20/2011
Things did not know about the Egyptian pyramids
Posted on 12:15 AM by ^^!
During the existence of the Kingdom of ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom), pharaohs established a stable central government in the fertile Nile valley. Perhaps, the most obvious evidence of their power as the pyramids.
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| Great Pyramid at Giza. |
Ancient Egyptians believed that he died, the pharaoh became Osiris, king of the dead. New pharaoh became Horus, god of heaven and guardian god of the sun. This cycle was symbolized by the rising and setting of the sun. It is believed that a deceased pharaoh's soul, called ka, still remain in the body. If the body does not get proper care, the pharaoh would not perform his new duties as king of the dead. If this happens, the cycle will be broken and disaster befall Egypt.
To prevent such a disaster, each deceased pharaoh was mummified to preserve bodies. Everything that the pharaoh in the afterlife should be provided in the tomb - containers made of clay, stone and gold, furniture, food and even a doll-like statues, representing the servant and is called is ushabti. Pharaoh's body to receive food items as sacrifices long after his death.
To protect and defend the souls left in the bodies of pharaohs, the Egyptians built the great tomb, not always the pyramid. Before the pyramids, the tombs were carved into the rock, above the roof structure is called the tomb (mastabas). Home ground was covered with sweat over time. Hence, the pyramidal tomb then probably derived from this sand mounds. Also possible that the Egyptian pyramids were built in the shape of a sharp stone, the sacred name of benben. Benben symbolize the sun's rays. Ancient documents confirm the pharaoh to go to heaven through the sun's rays.
Contrary to a common description, who built the pyramids are not slaves or foreigners. The skeleton was unearthed, showing that they are Egyptians living in the villages by the courtiers of Pharaoh established and managed. The villages that have a place to bread, beer factories, butchers, barns, homes, cemeteries and perhaps some kind of hospital building. There is evidence that the employees survived after amputated limbs amputated or crushed. The bread oven was excavated near the great pyramids might have produced thousands of loaves every week.
Some people build a pyramid of a pharaoh's long-term employees. Others from the local village lady had to go in a certain time. Some workers might be women. Although archaeologists have not found the descriptions of female workers, some skeletons that women had to work with heavy stone for long periods. The murals also show that at least some workers are proud of their work. They call the labor of his team as "Friends of Khufu", "" Those who revered Menkaure ""... The names that show their loyalty to the pharaoh.
An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 workers built the pyramids in Giza on the 80-year period. Most of the work carried out perhaps in the season when the Nile floods. Large limestone blocks could be transported by river from the mine to the pyramid legs. After that, they are polished by hand and is pushed by the ramp to the location given. However, the construction of the pyramid is not just manual labor. To achieve the exact shape of the pyramid, the architects had to leave the wires from the outside corner to the top has to make sure the stones were placed correctly.
Astronomers are also priests siting and building orientation pyramid. So they will fit on the axis of the sacred constellations. From construction workers to the priests, all of them necessarily have recognized its role in furthering the life cycle - the pharaoh's death, thus making Egypt fame. The first pyramid was a step pyramid, 66m high in Sakkarah of Zoser. It was built in 2650 BC by the architect Imhotep.
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