Exploring Ancient Egypt: Culture, Burial Practices and Geography

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Egypt is a big rich historical country in northeast Africa, its included in the region known as the middle east and its capital Cairo. Ancient Egypt which is commonly known for its rich cultural heritage has undergone several cultural changes from pre-historic times. This paper will explore burial practices and artifacts associated with those practices. The physical body was preserved properly because of the believe in afterlife which was an important funerary practice.
The land of Egypt produced four major physical regions: Nile Valley, Nile Delta, Western desert and Eastern Desert. Egyptian civilization started along the last miles of the river’s bank and extended north to the Mediterranean Sea. Every year, torrential rains caused the rivers to over flow causing a terrible flood from the Nile into their land. The cycle of flood and sun made Egypt one of the productive and stable cultures in the ancient world King Menes founded the capital of ancient Egypt at white walls (known as Memphis), in …show more content…

The most popular Egyptian pyramid was built as a tomb for the Pharaohs and their queens, it was believed that for the dead pharaoh to carry out his duties (after life) as king he needed to be taking care of in the tomb. The massive Egyptian pyramid is still a mystery of how it was built, the tools used, and hidden secrets in the building. The pyramids are the biggest architectural product of the old kingdom (2647-2124 BCE), a period of revolutionary achievements that solidified the accomplishment of the early Dynastic time. The pharaohs were buried in the pyramids. There are about one hundred pyramids known presently from Egypt, the three largest pyramids were built at Giza at the beginning of the old kingdom and about 146 meters high. The pyramids were built by skilled workers who were paid, it was believed that the stones and blocks were transported along the river Nile to the Giza

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