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What was the name of the secret valley where the later pharaohs were buried?
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Valley of the Kings
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What was the name of the thing that pharaohs were buried in?
pyramids, or in later years the valley of the kings.
What was built for pharaohs when they died?
Egyptian pharaohs were buried in underground tombs, or later, in brick mastabas, and later still, in pyramids.
What was most important purpose of the pyramids?
They pyramids were made to house the bodies of the pharaohs with all the things they needed in the afterlife. Later, tombs were created in the Valley of the Kings for the pharaohs and this was where Tut was found.
What do the pyramids stand for?
They - nor the word that describes them - did not 'stand for' anything special at the time. They were just burial monuments of a limited number of pharaohs. The word 'pyramid' has much later, Greek roots. The Egyptian word for them according to many Egyptologist, just meant 'tomb'. Most pharaohs by the way did not get buried in pyramids. They were buried in the Valley of the Kings, in large tombs hacked out in the mountainside.
How big was King Tutankhamuns pyramid?
King Tut didn't have a pyramid. He was buried in an underground tomb, dug into the side of a mountain, in the Valley of the Kings. The main reasons why his tomb survived relatively untouched until 1922 was because he wasn't that important of a Pharaoh, and because the entrance to his tomb was buried by the earth removed during the construction of another Pharaohs tomb built later and higher up on the side of the same mountain.
What replicas were placed in the tombs of deceased pharaohs?
Replicas of servants were placed in later tombs, rather than actual deceased servants. However, pets were often euthanized and buried with the pharaoh.
What did later pharaohs build instead of pyramids?
under ground chambers
What did the later pharaohs build instead of pyramids?
under ground chambers
Where was king piye buried?
in the roal temples and his brother was buried near him later on
Why was Denver Pyle buried in Texas?
He once worked in the Texas oil fields and later bought a ranch in Forreston, Texas where he was later buried.
Where was Julian the Apostate's dead body buried?
buried in Tarsus, then later moved to the capital of his birth in Constantinople.
What does the liver secret that is later stored in the gallbladder for later use?
bile
