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To keep people from robbing the tombs.

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How do you get to the tombs?

they walk into a pyramid and you have to go through these booby traps and then you make it into the top of the pyramids and you say this is a waste of my time and you leave


Why was King Tutankhamun's tomb protected?

Tombs were built because Pharoah's tombs were constantly robbed. Earlier, Pharoahs were buried in simple structures, and although many rooms were built to protect them, the tombs were still robbed. The Pharoahs were afraid taht the robbers would ruin their tombs, therefore, pyramids were built. The theives would still enter the pyramids, even though the entrances were closed. The Pharoahs decided to set traps and curses for theives inside the pyramids.


What odjects are pyramids?

w w e rock band g said '' traps, snakes, curses, mummies, spirits, rats ,Egypt writing


Were the pyramids tombs or mountains?

The pyramids were build as tombs. (Mountains are formed by nature, not built by men.)


Why do they have pyramids in the desert?

The pyramids were tombs for dead pharos.


Why were pyramids needed in the pyramids?

for ancient Egyptians tombs


What are pyramids and what were the used for?

pyramids are what the pharaohs lived in and it had their 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.


Who were the pyramids build for?

Tombs


What was the pyramids use?

they are tombs.


Why were pyramids built for tombs?

Pyramids were built for tombs because pharaohs thought it would bring closer to "The Afterlife"


What replaced pyramids?

Under ground tombs replaced pyramids