Tombs were used as houses for the dead. The original plan for a tomb was to use it to protect the dead and provide the deceased with a dwelling equipped afterlife. They would put all of the deceased personal most important belongings with them in the tomb, so that they would have an happy afterlife. “The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom.” said by
Scientists have proven that the pyramid Djoser was the first pyramid to have a tomb put in. The 3 massive tombs built in the Fourth Dynasty are considered monumental pyramids, these tombs were built for the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure there, housed the royal mummies and their worldly effects thought to protect and be used by the kings in their afterlife. The …show more content…
A line of large pyramids connect in a line from West on the Tropic of Cancer, to North East crossing the globe. A new theory suggests that the Earth is held together inside by an energy, and it just so happens that the pyramids are located at the points where the energy meets with the Earth's surface. Ancient and mysterious locations can be connected along the same belt, around the world between 20 degrees, and 32 degrees north