The Egyptains believe that after people died, they would go
to another world. They thought in that world people would still need many of
the things they had on earth. Their king had many wonderful treasures. They
buried these treasures with them.
The kings were mot buried in the open ground or in
graveyards. They buried them in great buildings of tombs called pyramids. These
pyramids were built out in the deserts. These pyramids, which cam still be seen
today, were made of stone. There are secret doors inside the pyramids. The
doors lead to secret passages and then to a secret chamber. The mummy and all
the pharaoh’s treasures where locked in the secret chamber. Many of the secret
chambers have been found. Some of the mummies are in the British museum in London.
Although the rich people in Egypt enjoyed many wonderful
things, the poor people led very hard lives. The pyramids were built by slaves.
Moving the great stones in the hot sun was terribly hard work and the slaves
were treated very cruelly. Those slaves who made the secret intrances to the
tombs were killed when the word finished. This was done so that they would not
tell others what they know.
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