I want to share some knowledge about Ancient Egyptians why they built pyramids. During the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Pharaoh established the kingdom on the fertile Nile Valley. They believed that when a Pharaoh died, they became Osiris, which means the king of dead, and the new Pharaoh became Horus, the king of heaven and protector of the Sun. This circle symbolized the rising sun and setting sun. But, the main reasons they built the pyramids were that they had a belief that some part of the spirit, called ka, still
remained inside the dead body of Pharaoh. So, they thought that if they don't take care the dead body, the owner of that dead body, the former Pharaoh, would not be able to perform well in his tasks as the king of death. So, the circle would be broken and the kingdom would not be stable anymore because of the disaster. Thus, in order to prevent such catastrophe, they mummified the body of dead Pharaoh and put inside the Pyramid all together with vessels made of clay, stone, and gold, furniture, food, even doll-like representations of servants, known as ushabti. They put such things with the mummy as they believed that they would provide the King in his afterlife.
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