Part one of term paper
There are several reasons why pyramids were being built in Egypt during the times between 3,000 – 1,000 B.C. First of all, the pyramids were to be used for funerary monuments. During this time period Egypt had been divided into great dynasties known as the Predynastic period. The Old Kingdom, what was known as the sixth dynasty for count ...

Part two of term paper
... environment. For example, the knowledge of the Egyptian civilization rests entirely on the tomb and the contents therein. Egyptians believed that life on earth was a road to your grave. One must provide tools for happiness in his/her afterlife. They would provide replicas of their everyday environment for their tombs for the enjoyment of their spirits. It was also important to provide a body for the spirits to dwell in a mummified corpse or a statue in the case that the body was destroyed. Thes ...