Toward An Understanding Of The Myth In The Pyramid Text By Jennifer Hellum

The pharaohs also controlled all of the resources allowing them to perform amazing feats. An instance of this happening is when King Djoser commanded his chief scribe to go figure out a way to build a better tomb for when he died. King Djoser's actions led to the invention of the step Pyramid.

Pharaohs were viewed as the leaders with the task to build public works and produce for the welfare. Mining was re-established, along with trading, which both grew and expanded, causing more success and power for Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. Egyptian advanced greatly during this time and improved many of its already developed innovations, throughout the dynasties. Overall, the Middle Kingdom was a very prosperous time for Egypt. Upper and Lower Egypt were reunited under the reign of King Mentuhotep I.

In ancient times the pharaoh was seen as the king and the religious leader. The pharaoh was the high priest of every temple in egypt. As the most revered person in all of egypt the pharaoh started to take the mantle of a god and was the mediator between the people and the gods. This allowed the pharaoh to be revered and respected by his people as they were a manifestation of a god on earth. This allowed them to do very little wrong in the eyes of the everyone.

Pharaohs were given all power. The pharaohs were born leaders. They took charge at a young age. Pharaohs were all powerful and great.

They were responsible for building new pyramids, monuments, temples, defending their country from invasion and for increasing the country’s wealth . Pharaoh: Lord of the two lands. (n.d) retrieved from http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/home.html. Citizens of Egypt had no choice but to respect their leaders, any citizen found to be disrespecting their leader would be tortured, killed or sent to jail for life .

To this day, there are still many mysteries about ancient Egypt for archaeologists to discover. In the article “New Discoveries in Ancient Egypt” by Bryan Brown, the journalist writes about the discovery of 6 connected graves at the ancient graveyard, Abydos. In the excerpt from Curse of the Pharaohs, archaeologist Zahi Hawass writes about the discovery of 4 statues belonging to a man named Inty Shedu. In the texts, both authors use descriptive writing with a positive connotation to convey the historical importance of the discoveries.

6. Pyramids- What/Who: The Pyramids are tombs for the Pharos and also represented there symbol of authority. Egyptians believed that part of the "Soul" remained in the body and in order for it to be set in the afterlife they mummified the body. Placing it in a pyramid addition to gifts so the king could live a glorious life after death.

Civil wars and skirmishes for power became more common, and the once-unified Upper and Lower Egypt was fractured into factional territories with independent rulers. As this transition was taking place, the perception of rulership changed as well. In the Old Kingdom, the Pharaoh was seen as a deity unto himself and was depicted as such. However, as the Middle Kingdom

Back then in 3000 B.C.E., there were people who worked for a special kind of kings, and those kings were honored as much as gods were. The kings (also known as pharaohs) were known for many accomplishments which explains why they were important. The pharaohs made a difference to Egypt; whether it will be a female pharaoh, which was Hatshepsut, or a pharaoh that was a master builder, which was Ramses II. The pharaohs of Egypt (including Pharaoh Hatshepsut and Pharaoh Ramses II) accomplished many achievements. One important pharaoh was Pharaoh Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh that achieved a few achievements.

The mystery of how The Great Pyramids were built 4,600 years ago in Giza, have been questioned for centuries and is a common unknown phenomenon. However, a recent discovery has expanded our knowledge on how they were possibly built and the life of the workers themselves in the article: Standing Tall: Egypt’s Great Pyramids written by Jose Miguel Parra. The Greek philosopher Herodotus has expressed his theories on King Khufu’s pyramid who in which was the second king of the fourth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. This National Geographic article has also new discoveries on how the workers were not slaves as we once thought but paid workers with roles, along with how the process of building each pyramid differed and was created by an “Inner step structure” (Parra par. 15).

The ancient Egyptians believed that people and nature are ruled by powerful gods. As Taylor says in his book “Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt”, the Egyptians believed that the universe consisted of three types of beings: the gods, the living, and the dead. Egyptians connected everything happening in their life in terms of relationship between

From 2700 B.C. to 2200 B.C., rulers were called pharaohs. Everyday people obeyed the pharaoh because it helped maintain a stable world order and only the pharaoh had absolute power. In document 3 there's a passage saying, “ A pharaoh is a god by whose dealings one lives, the father and mother of all… without an equal.” This passage helps in showing the importance that the pharaoh was the most powerful force in government. Egyptians also had a specific lifestyle.

Religion was in every Ancient Egyptians' life. Many gods and goddesses were worshiped everyday. There was also a legends or a god and goddess to interpret everything they did not know. Such as, the Book of Thoth. The Book of Thoth brought great wisdom, and great spells in the world.

The colossal structures, stacked stories high, still dumbfound historians today on how they managed to build in such perfection. Theories have arisen how the huge blocks of stone were raised into position and why they were assembled at all. It is clear some were tombs for the king and his family but the subsidiary pyramids in the complex, puzzle archeologists on their purpose. The labor force needed to construct such a massive structure would require an advanced society, far ahead of other civilizations; not only in architecture but government as well. Building of the pyramids not only satisfied religious beliefs, but also benefited the economy.

Oral tradition in Egypt altered historical facts because they had different artifacts in which they could learn from different discoveries. Oral tradition also helped Egypt by experiencing other societies that helped Egypt construct their custom beliefs. Egyptians were into otherworldly societies they believed in many strange gods and animals. Also with the legend of Osiris who was the god of dead and the lord of the “underworld” in which Horus’ who wanted to gain rights to