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jenna_mohammed · Servant Joined: 06 Mar 2004 Posts: 6

what was the name of the pyramid king tut was buried in? Surprised

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Ankhesenpa-aten · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject:

Um...King Tut wasn't buried in a pyramid...he was buried in the Vally of the Kings in a secret burial chamber...the pyramid thing went out by the end of the old kingdom because they were frequent targets for tomb raiders.
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Sekhmet · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: Pyramids

PharoahKel · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:28 pm Post subject:

Interesting, Sekhmet! I didnt know that!
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Sekhmet · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:48 pm Post subject:

PharoahKel · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject:

lol, number one! By the way, how do you know so much about Egypt? Is it part of your career?
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Osiris_God · Scribe Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Canada

Thanks for the info

Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

Also, from the New Kingdom onwards it was common for noblemen to be buried in tombs that were designed to relate them to all three cults of Egypt. Underground chambers in the tomb were linked to the Osiride cult, a ka statue and offerening room at ground level were linked to the idea of sustinance in the next life and worship for the deceased (often containing serdab statues), and a pyramid structure at the upper level and the entrance to the tomb (only a few of which survive today) linked to the Heliopolitan cult of the sun.

So many noblemen were buried in tombs that had pyramid-like structures at the entrance, with large doors leading to an upper and lower tomb complex. The tombs of Horemheb and Meryneith at Saqqara are particularly fine examples of this.
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Unas · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:11 am Post subject:

Sekhmet, you mentioned Mt. Meretseger, and it's natural pyramid shape. But I wonder, was it always shaped as a pyramid, or has it eroded with time?

I know it's a silly question; it takes millions of years for significant form to shape, not thousands... But then again, I don't know what type of substances Meretseger is made of... Wind consistancies, sand vs. soil, etc.
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Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/meretseger.htm
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burrgrafter · Tomb Robber Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

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