The symbolic significance of pyramids

1, the shape of the pyramid has religious and symbolic significance, which represents the light of the sun or the original shape of the world. Also as a symbol of power hierarchy.

2. In the minds of ancient Egyptians, pyramids were not only tombs, but also symbolized the light of the sun and a ladder to help Pharaoh reach heaven.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the world was temporary, the afterlife was eternal, and death was the gateway to eternal life. As a place to store corpses, pyramids mean resurrection and rebirth.

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The pyramids are the tombs of ancient Egyptian kings. These rulers were called "pharaohs" in history. Ancient Egyptians' devout belief in God made them form a deep-rooted "concept of the afterlife" very early. They even think that "life is only a short stay, and after death it is a permanent enjoyment".

Therefore, the Egyptians regarded the underworld as a continuation of earthly life. Influenced by this concept of the afterlife, the ancient Egyptians made sincere and confident preparations for their own death when they were alive. Every rich Egyptian should be busy preparing his grave and decorating it with all kinds of things in order to gain eternal life after death.

As far as Pharaoh or aristocrat is concerned, he will spend several years, even decades, to build a mausoleum, and he will also order craftsmen to continue to engage in navigation, hunting, feasting, and the work that servants should do with the murals and wooden models of the mausoleum, so that he can live comfortably as before after his death.

According to legend, before the third dynasty in ancient Egypt, both princes and ministers and ordinary people were buried in a rectangular tomb made of mud bricks, which the ancient Egyptians called "Mastaba". In ancient Egypt, it was called Piremus, which means a lot. Later, a clever young man named Imhotep invented a new building method when designing a mausoleum for the Egyptian Pharaoh Zuosai.

He replaced the mud brick with the square stone picked from the mountain, constantly revised the design scheme of building the mausoleum, and built a six-story trapezoidal pyramid-this is the prototype of the pyramid we saw.

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