The Importance Of The Great Pyramids Of Giza

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Mass media, pseudoscience documentaries and the world of Hollywood have caused a great deal of confusion among people when it comes the origins of the Great Pyramids of Giza. When really learning about the ancient Egyptians, it is not unfathomable to comprehend that they were the real masters of the sophisticated architectural legacy they left behind. Long before the construction of the pyramids, the Egyptians already had a thoroughly developed society with agriculture, religion, a writing system, mathematics, innovative artwork and monumental stone architecture. They were a true civilization with genius architects and master builders who had building and quartering skills that were ahead of their time. To question the architectural integrity …show more content…

They were iconic symbols of the absolute power one person had over an entire empire and above all, they were divine monuments where the pharaoh would be transformed into a god in the afterlife. The most important Egyptian myth tells the story of an ancient king named Osiris, who was murdered by his evil brother, who in turn was dethroned by the rightful heir, Horus, Osiris’ son. In the afterlife, ancient Egyptians pharaohs would take the role of Osiris, ruler of the underworld, while their heir would assume the kingship. To complete the divine process, where former kings would join the eternal life and to legitimize the rule of the heir, magnificent pyramids were built. Not only was each pyramid built unique, each one had it’s own divine meaning. The pyramid was the source of rebirth for the Pharaoh, it echoed the rays of the sun and formed a stair-like instrument of ascension for the king. Amenemhat III’s pyramid in Dahshur (See Figure 13) was capped with a stone block called a pyramidion. (See Figure 14) This particular stone was inscribed with a pair of eyes under a winged sun disk, along with hieroglyphs offering the king access to the sun god, “Amenemhat beholds the perfection of Re.” Pyramids served almost as a portal to the

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