They still built tombs after the built ones were robbed. I dont really understand, they lost and kind of knew they were going to lose de cades of work.
2007-03-06 01:15:32 · 9 answers · asked by -AlexAlexAlex- 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Because we are doing this huge egypt lesson and we watched a movie yesterday about the valley of the kings and guards would stand to guard the hiiden tombs, and the tomb robbers would sneak around somehow.
2007-03-06 02:09:45 · update #1
from what I have read, I can't seem to find the reference, the pyramids were already built before the Egyptians got there and they used them as tombs. The great pyramid and the sphinx show signs of water damage some people speculate they were built before the great flood mentioned in the Bible.
2007-03-06 01:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by ♫Rock'n'Rob♫ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Egyptians put guards at the tombs and they also put curses on thieves who entered the tomb without permission. In order for the ruler to make it to the afterlife, they needed to be buried using certain rituals and they needed to be buried with all the things that they would need in the afterlife. The movie you saw may have overdramatized the situation by having the thieves rob a fresh tomb. The tombs were more likely robbed many years after the burial when the tomb was "forgotten" or neglected by the current pharoah.
2007-03-06 03:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by Susan G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The robberies weren't always public knowledge. What would the pharoah and the high priests know about the going-ons on the West Bank of Luxor in the desolute tomb areas? Had the Egyptians treated Tombs like Shrines requiring visitations then there probably would have been less brazen thievery.
2007-03-06 01:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by samurai_dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
historic egyptians had to shrink enormous blocks of rock(granitetc.) they had to apply wood blocks to delivery the two and a nil.5 ton blocks to the needed place. They hand in the beginning a base in simple terms lining them as much as make a sq.. They then had to apply the wood boards to get the blocks to go above those already positioned down blocks. That in simple terms further up. over a lot time and an excellent style of folk a pyramid replace into carried out. There are 3 categories of Egyptian Pyramids so a thank you to construct each and each is diverse. desire that helped.
2016-12-18 06:51:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very few tombs were robbed in that era. The tombs were well hidden and most of the people involved it building them were killed. And if anyone saw you diggin in the sand someplace you were probably killed. The tombs were robbed centuries later.
2007-03-06 01:26:26 · answer #5 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Egyptians stuck to the traditions of their people and respected the dead kings and queens around them as they were taught to do years before they were robbed. As many people know, the Egyptians also protected their dead and I think that the dead were more important to them than the jewels. Many people also know that the people who stole from the Eygptians were cursed a little while after the theft occured.
2007-03-06 01:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by Dimples 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They continued to do this, dispite robbery, out of respect for the dead and to their rulers and gods. Their tradition of constructing tombs to honor the afterlife was a long and sacred one. They feared the gods far more than they did the mortals who came to steal. They also believed that the gods would attend to the theives in their way.
2007-03-06 01:24:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's their custom. only rich built tombs. symbol of status,wealth,power,class...so if they didn't,they b no better than a slave..
2007-03-06 01:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs Hermione Potter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not?
2007-03-06 01:37:39 · answer #9 · answered by milo2angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋