Randy Cai
Mrs. Moffat
Social Studies, Period 2
4 December 2015
Ancient Egyptian Tombs Ancient Egyptians invested much money, faith, and energy in their strong belief of the afterlife. Ancient Egypt was the period when Egypt was ruled by pharaohs, between 3100 B.C.E. and 30 C.E. Ancient Egyptians settled along the Nile River, which was located in the northeast corner of Africa. Burial was very important to the Egyptians. Burial was important because ancient Egyptians believed in a life after death. Egyptians built many types of tombs, were buried with different objects, decorated and inscribed tombs, and built King Tut’s tomb. These were all important to burial in ancient Egypt. To start with, there were three types of tombs, or chambers where …show more content…
Many Egyptian tombs were decorated with scenes from the buried person’s life. Examples of scenes from lives were sports, banquets, and other everyday activities. Many inscriptions were found in the early tombs. They covered many tombs from ceiling to the floor. Some of the royal tombs are inscribed with hieroglyphs, or characters of the Egyptian writing system, that tell about the three stages of transitioning into the next world: awakening in the pyramid, ascending through the sky to the netherworld, and being admitted to the company of gods. Later on, non-royals began to write similar texts onto their dead’s tombs. The inscriptions then became so long that they had to make the Book of the Dead. Therefore, Egyptian tombs were decorated with scenes from life and inscriptions that would help them in the …show more content…
There is evidence that intruders had located King Tut’s tomb shortly after his death, but they were discovered before damage was done. An English Egyptologist, or person that specializes in the study of ancient Egypt, had an idea that Tutankhamen’s, or King Tut’s, tomb lay beneath the Valley of Kings, even though it had been declared that all tombs in that area had been found. He began searching in 1914 and found it in 1923, during the last season that his benefactor, Lord Carnarvon, could support. In King Tut’s tomb lay many treasures. In the tomb, three coffins nested inside of the each other. The smallest, which held the king’s mummy, was made of solid gold. The king wore a golden mask, jewelry, and good luck charms. Other rooms held statues, weapons, furniture, a chariot, or two wheeled horse drawn vehicle, detailed paintings, a golden wall, and magical symbols. To conclude, Howard Carter had discovered King Tut’s tomb, the last tomb in its area to escape discovery, and its
Mrs. Moffat
Social Studies, Period 2
4 December 2015
Ancient Egyptian Tombs Ancient Egyptians invested much money, faith, and energy in their strong belief of the afterlife. Ancient Egypt was the period when Egypt was ruled by pharaohs, between 3100 B.C.E. and 30 C.E. Ancient Egyptians settled along the Nile River, which was located in the northeast corner of Africa. Burial was very important to the Egyptians. Burial was important because ancient Egyptians believed in a life after death. Egyptians built many types of tombs, were buried with different objects, decorated and inscribed tombs, and built King Tut’s tomb. These were all important to burial in ancient Egypt. To start with, there were three types of tombs, or chambers where …show more content…
Many Egyptian tombs were decorated with scenes from the buried person’s life. Examples of scenes from lives were sports, banquets, and other everyday activities. Many inscriptions were found in the early tombs. They covered many tombs from ceiling to the floor. Some of the royal tombs are inscribed with hieroglyphs, or characters of the Egyptian writing system, that tell about the three stages of transitioning into the next world: awakening in the pyramid, ascending through the sky to the netherworld, and being admitted to the company of gods. Later on, non-royals began to write similar texts onto their dead’s tombs. The inscriptions then became so long that they had to make the Book of the Dead. Therefore, Egyptian tombs were decorated with scenes from life and inscriptions that would help them in the …show more content…
There is evidence that intruders had located King Tut’s tomb shortly after his death, but they were discovered before damage was done. An English Egyptologist, or person that specializes in the study of ancient Egypt, had an idea that Tutankhamen’s, or King Tut’s, tomb lay beneath the Valley of Kings, even though it had been declared that all tombs in that area had been found. He began searching in 1914 and found it in 1923, during the last season that his benefactor, Lord Carnarvon, could support. In King Tut’s tomb lay many treasures. In the tomb, three coffins nested inside of the each other. The smallest, which held the king’s mummy, was made of solid gold. The king wore a golden mask, jewelry, and good luck charms. Other rooms held statues, weapons, furniture, a chariot, or two wheeled horse drawn vehicle, detailed paintings, a golden wall, and magical symbols. To conclude, Howard Carter had discovered King Tut’s tomb, the last tomb in its area to escape discovery, and its