How to build a pyramid?
Look at how the pyramids have changed...
Pyramids were built to bury Pharaohs. Another word for a pyramid is a tomb. The first pyramids were built in 2650BCE. It was called the mastaba .
The second pyramid was buit in 2600BCE ,
The amazing bent pyramid was built in 2590BCE.
The great pyramid was built in 2510BCE. The pyramids are one of the biggest human built structure. the Egyptians had no cranes. The stones were pulled up a ramp.
1) First of all, take the dirty , dead body to the beautiful house. Then wash the body with cool , icy water and sticky , sweet palm wine.
2) Secondly ,gently take out the long , bloody red and pink organs such the stomach , lung and intestines also wash the organs with icy ,cold water then put them in canopic jars.
3) After that , get a brown , long hook and then delicately put it up the nose and whisk the brain when it is mushy and then pull it out and then throw it away.
4) Then fill the dead body with white Natron (salt) then leave the body there for nearly 50 days to dry out and suck out all the moisture.
5) 50 days later , wash the the body again with iced , cool cold water from the river Nile.
6) Finally, cover the linen and then use some more long , thin , stretchy and white linen to it. Place a patterned , colourful and patterned scarab beetle amulet on the heart and place the Book of the dead to have a safe ride to the afterlife but before you put the linen on put in the body to make it smell absolutely pleasant.
In the tomb there are items which one is Shabti dolls models representing assistants, mummification the Egyptians believed that the soul travels to the after to the afterlife the soul had to pass through the underworld .This is how the soul got to the afterlife. items will be placed in the tomb that will be use full in the afterlife .There is a specal ceremoney opening of the mouth that will be perform so the mouth opens.the spirit will go throgh the underworld ,they all it duat an area with lakes of flames magical gates protected fierceful monsters ,in the book of the dead there are spells and players ,you will be at the hawl of ma at ,there are 42 gods mumifacation suns saying you havent don any of them . as the scarabetle on the heart it won't reveal any sins . Currently , the heart against Maat's beaitiful , shiny, golden feathers . If it is heavier you will be devoured by Ammit , if it's lighter you pass. You must go to Ra which to Osiris (God of underworld he will let you to the afterlife . There is the Field of Reeds , your Shabti dolls will tell your plot , you will also meet your ancestors.
Hieroglphics are symbols that the egyptian's used for writen words . The word hieroglyphic means sacred or special . For thouonds of years the people couldn't read hieroglyphics . In 1799 the rosseta stone was found . There were three languagers on the stone . They were called , ancient greek , ancient egyptians , hireroglyphic . Because the people could read ancient greek they could read hireroglphics . Sometimes they wrote the hieroglpic's left and right or top to bottom it clememed on how much space they had . The hierogliphic ' gave many clues to how the egyptians lived and the what they believed in . Hieroglphic 's are made up of pichurs and carvings . Hieroglphic 's are one walls at every temple in egypt .
Hieroglyphics
The Rosetta stone.
There were over one thousand Gods and Godeses . they had diffrent jobs! people went to pray for advice.
Ma'at was the goddesses of truth and justice.
Set the god of the desert, storms, disorder and chaos
Thoth the god of mummification , science and scared
Amun the god of Rain.