Egyptian Pyramid Culture

Ancient Egyptian Culture (Step Pyramid): About 4,500 years ago a massive, cake-shaped, wonder took shape in Ancient Egypt. That wonder was the first pyramid in Egypt to ever be built it was called The Step Pyramid at Sakkara. The step pyramid had been built by a Grand Vizier and Imhotep ( a god known for his intelligence), they used stone, white limestone, and over a million tons of rock! The step pyramid was finally completed in 2,700 B.C. It stands as the oldest building on the face of earth. However something even older is kept inside, King Zoser. Today it still stands and remains one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world

Ancient Egyptian Religious Beliefs (Afterlife Beliefs): In order to arrive in the afterlife a person had to go through thick and thin. To arrive in heaven a person had to have lived a good life and had to have made good choices in their life. That same person then had to be specially mummified. Then they had to have a special ceremony called the opening of the mouth ceremony performed upon them. Once the ceremony was properly performed that person’s spirit called the ba and ka must reunite together

The dessert was called the red land and it only supported small settlements, most of the egyptians lived on the banks of the Nile. The Nile was right in the middle of Egypt and had a special fertile land called the Black land around the shores of the river. The black land was named after the dark soil and silt that was used for farming, without there would be no civilization in egypt. The red land was kind of useless but it was a source for precious metals and stones. The red land was on both sides of the black land and had a dessert that covered 260,000 square miles. However the Nile river was 4,258. Just like along time ago, today ancient egypt is hot and arid and civilization wouldn't have survived without the Nile