Kings and rich people built their own tombs while they still were alive. Sometimes, if they died unexpectedly early, the tomb might have to be finished quickly and without as much decoration as originally planned. This additional work was presumably supervised by the person's surviving family.
Some tombs feature more than one member of a family in them, with multiple burials (even if they didn't die at the same time), but kings were usually buried in their own monument or, at least, in a separate chamber from anyone else.
By the way, there is no evidence for "slaves" in the true sense in ancient Egypt.
2006-11-15 13:42:28
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answered by Amelia 3
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First of all, for a Pharoah, they start building the tomb for him eversince he's king or slightly after that because the all believe in after-life and more importantly, they all believe that it's more important than this life.
some tombs go underground, some differently like pyramids. Anyway, the tomb never has only one room, it's basically one room for the king with his golden mask and 7 layers of coffins and the last one is usually gold-plated wood, plus all his history carved on the walls around him, plus his insides like his heart and stomach so he could 'put them in' again in the after-life, plus his most treasured belongings like his gold.
Another room(s) with his furniture, some food to keep him alive in the after death (or maybe the food goes beside him, not so sure), other belongings,..etc
Family is probably in other rooms (not by any means in the same room) but I have heard of no legend or fact about their children being buried in the same tomb/ pyramid.. I might have seen once though an Egyptologist talking about some Pharoah with his wife in the other room but I'm not sure..
But there's still yet one fact that supports the idea of a Pharoah having his family around him:
Slaves that build that tomb/ pyramid get buried in it (seperate and distant room ofcoarse) , so if slaves are buried then I think family is buried too, dunno.
well, I've blurted out all I know 'bout that issue, here's what should help you way more ^_^ >>
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/
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2006-11-16 09:33:05
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answered by MalaK 2
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I think that there's a high chance that they will be in separate tombs. The pharaoh is socially more important than his son, and the pharaohs at that time were considered gods. The son is not a pharaoh and therefore they would be in different tombs. Try History Channel or Discovery Channel websites that have more information.
2006-11-15 10:16:29
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answered by Anonymous
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They constantly buried their lifeless...yet no longer constantly contained in the comparable way. Many slaves have been buried (alive) or killed for the purpose of accompanying their masters to the subsequent existence too. Copied: "I even have long previous returned in time to the classic Egyptian civilization. somebody has died without money. the classic Egyptians constantly buried their lifeless, yet if you consider that this man or woman has died without money, they are going to be buried under a pile of rocks. If somebody wealthy died, they could be buried in burial chambers, categories of pyramids, or in a valley. The Egyptian’s wealth and money desperate which tomb they might pass in."
2016-10-04 00:19:50
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answered by banowski 4
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