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Q: Why are people buried in tombs above the ground?
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Where were Egyptian pharohs buried?

Pharaohs have been buried in difference places. Some were buried in tombs that were build into the ground and in mounds. Others were buried in monumental tombs, like the pyramids.


Where did they bury the dead after the egyptians stop building pyramids?

They buried them in tombs in the ground and rock-cut tombs


What type of people were buried in pyramid tombs?

Pharaohs.


How did the Etruscan bury their dead?

The Etruscans buried common people in well laid out cemeteries. Wealthy Etruscans could afford it were placed in stone sarcophagi. On occasion some were cremated. The tombs of very wealthy Etruscans were placed in above ground tombs cut from rock & contained many items that belonged to the deceased in case they might need them in an afterlife.


Were the Celts buried?

Yes, the Celts practiced various burial customs, including burying their dead in simple pits or elaborate tombs. Some Celts were also cremated, with their ashes placed in urns or buried in graves. Each Celtic community had its own burial traditions and practices.


What was buried in sphinxes?

They are not tombs.


What are the ancient tombs are called?

The ancient tombs of Egyptian kings were pyramids. Egyptian pharaohs were first mummified, then put in a sarcophagus (a thing like a coffin) and then the more important pharaohs were buried in the center of the pyramids.


Why were many of the tombs in new Orleans constructed above ground?

Spanish tradition and land management


Why were these tombs needed?

to buried mummies


Why pyramids not buried tombs?

to protect them


Where is a pharaoh buried?

pharaohs,kings,queens and more mostly the famous people =)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)


The egyptian dead were buried in?

In a special case or coffin. The Coffin or case, was later put in a tomb.