HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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It´s where Egyptians lived
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It´s where Egyptians went to church
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it´s where they would celebrate special occasions
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it´s where they stored dead bodies of pharaohs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pyramids were built for religious purposes. The Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to believe in an afterlife. They believed that a second self called the ka lived within every human being. When the physical body expired, the ka enjoyed eternal life.
Detailed explanation-2: -The pyramids were built to serve as temples to the gods and also to entomb the pharaohs. The ancient Egyptians believed that after death, the pharaohs would travel to the afterlife.
Detailed explanation-3: -Egypt’s pharaohs expected to become gods in the afterlife. To prepare for the next world they erected temples to the gods and massive pyramid tombs for themselves-filled with all the things each ruler would need to guide and sustain himself in the next world.
Detailed explanation-4: -The pyramids were built as burial places and monuments to the Pharaohs. The Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh needed certain things to succeed in the afterlife. Deep inside the pyramid the Pharaoh would be buried with all sorts of items and treasure that he may need to survive in the afterlife.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pyramids were intended to protect the pharaoh’s body buried inside. Dead-end passages were built into the pyramid to trick robbers who came to steal the expensive objects buried with the king.