how did the relationship with the environment influence the tombs and temples of the egyptians?
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the egytian desert provides extremely  hot environment . this prevents decay of dead bodies and the process of  mummification is thereby supplemented by it. since the the tombs were relatively cooler than the prevailing conditions in the open they were first dried using salt with the added advantage of the climate then wrapped in linen.then these bodies were buried in tombs built exclusively for the rich and aristocratic.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_medicine\nwww.mic.ki.se/Egypt.html
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There is no concrete proof.  It may be that the Egyptians deified a wise individual, because they did deify a certain Imhotep, the architect of the Great Pyramids (we have records of him), but that is sheer speculation.  Most Egyptian gods were based on the forces of nature, and Thoth was originally the moon god.
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&*&*&\nI HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.  GOOD LUCK!!!\n\n\nhttp://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/animalgods.htm\n\nAnimals and the Gods of Ancient Egypt\nby Caroline Seawright\n\nEgyptian towns usually had their own local sacred animal. It was thought that some gods and goddesses represented themselves on earth in the form of a single representative of a specific species, and honoring that species of animal would please the god or goddess associated with the animal. The animal believed to be the incarnation of the god or goddess lived a pampered life in and near the temples and religious centers.\n\nBaboon y`n baboon determinative y`n - The dog-headed baboon was one of the manifestations of both Thoth, god of writing, and Khonsu, the youthful moon god. Both deities were related to the moon. Hapy, the son of Horus who guarded the canopic jars that held the lungs, had the head of a baboon. There was also a baboon god in the Early Dynastic period named Hedjwer, 'The Great White One', who became closely linked with Thoth. Sometimes Thoth was shown in baboon form, perched on top of the scales of judgement in the underworld.\n\nBast, Egyptian Cat Goddess Cat myywcat determinative myw - Many deities were depicted as cats, both domestic or wild, and so they were seen as benevolent, sacred animals. Bast, originally a desert cat, was later depicted as a domestic cat. Ra was shown as 'The Great Cat of Heliopolis' who defeated Apep in 'The Book of the Dead'.\n\nCattle mnnmnntcattle determinative mnmnt - Hathor, Isis, Nut and Bat were three goddesses who were often depicted as cows, with the horns of cows or with the ears of cows. Because of this, and because of the relationship of the pharaoh as a living god, the cow came to symbolize the mother of the pharaoh. The cow was also a solar icon, where Nut carried the sun across the sky on her back, when she was in cow form. The cow was linked to female fertility and to the mother of the pharaoh. Osiris was related to the bull - the Apis bull, after death, became Osiris-Apis. While it was still alive, the Apis bull was seen as the Ba of Ptah, mummified god of creation. The Mnevis bull was regarded as the Ba of Ra-Atum. The bull, therefor, was linked to masculinity and the pharaoh.\n\nWadjet in her Human-headed Cobra Form Cobra djtcobra in a basket determinative djt - The cobra was sacred to Wadjet, the cobra goddess of Buto, who represented Lower Egypt and kingship. The cobra goddess Renenet was a fertility goddess who was sometimes depicted as nursing children and as protector of pharaoh. Another cobra goddess was Meretseger, 'she who loves silence', who could punish criminals with blindness or her venom.\n\nCrocodile mshcrocodile determinative msh - Ammut, the demoness at the judgement hall, had the head of a crocodile along with other fearful creatures, and was known as 'the devourer of the dead' who punished evildoers by eating their hearts. The god of the Athribis region, the solar god Horus Khenty-Khenty, was sometimes shown as a crocodile. But the crocodile was also sacred to Sobek, who was portrayed as a human with the head of a crocodile, or as the crocodile itself. The temples of Sobek usually had sacred lakes where crocodiles were fed and cared for. The hippo goddess of childbirth, Taweret, was thought to have the back and tail of a crocodile, or was shown with a crocodile perched on her back.\n\nFalcon / Hawk bykfalcon with a flagellum determinative byk - The sacred bird of the falcon-headed solar god Horus, it was also regarded as his Ba. The falcon was a bird that had protective powers, and was frequently linked with royalty, where it was depicted as hovering over the head of the pharaoh, with outstretched wings. The falcon was also sacred to Montu, god of war, and Sokar, god of the Memphite necropolis. The bird of prey was sometimes associated with Hathor, 'The House of Horus'. The son of Horus, Qebehsenuef who guarded the canopic jar of t
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Osiris played a very important role in ancient Egypt and this carried over into the rituals and beliefs of Egyptians much later, as well. It was because of the legend of Osiris that Egyptians believed they had the right to be transformed and to live in the afterlife
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It depends on your perspective.  When the Pharaohs constructed their tombs they did so knowing grave robbers would try to unearth the items stored there for the journey to the afterworld.  Many false tunnels and doors were placed in the structure of the tomb to trap and confuse the grave robbers.  Some plans worked, others didn't.  Besides that, court Priests were said to have said magical words over the site for added protection and made sure the general population knew it.  It was a psychological ploy to stop the grave robbers.  Guardian statues were placed in various locations to "enforce" this spiritual protection.\n\nNature, however, has lent the ancient Pharaohs a hand, a deadly hand.  As you may have heard or read or seen on television programs, items were left in the tomb for the use of the Pharaoh in his afterlife.  These were the same items he used in life.  His boat, his hunting bow, his chariot, some tombs even contained his wife and servants.  Along with these items were bowls and jars of food.\n\nDuring the years the food supported microbial life.  This microbial life became poisonous because of oxygen depletion over the centuries.  When the tombs were opened the spores were disturbed and the "invader" breathed in the spores.  Many explorers became deathly ill, others died.\n\nYou may want to check WikiPedias' version of the curse at this site:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Pharaohs     You may also wish to check out this colorful site on the Curse of the Pharaohs:   http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/curse.htm\n\nGood Luck, I hope this information helps.
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Wonder Date Builder Destroyed Cause \nGreat Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians still standing still standing \nHanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians after 1st century BC earthquake \nTemple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Lydians, Greeks 356 BC fire \nStatue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks 5th-6th centuries AD fire \nMausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Persians, Greeks by 1494 AD earthquake \nColossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic Greece 224 BC earthquake \nLighthouse of Alexandria
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Which pyramid at Cairo are you referring to? Where abouts on the pyramid?\n\nAre you referring to the hieroglyphs? Hieroglyphs adorn most ancient buildings and tombs (Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Abu Simbel, etc.).
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If you're not going to the library, perform this search:\n\n "economics" and "social environment" and "Egypt"\n\nin Yahoo, in the exact format presented above.
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See links, below.\nLink 1=ruins\nlink 2=gods
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Well u can check out these links hope they will be informative enough:o)\n\nhttp://www.water-technology.net/projects/mubarak/\nhttp://countrystudies.us/egypt/89.htm\nhttp://carbon.cudenver.edu/stc-link/aswan/techn.htm\nhttp://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/egypt/egypt106.html\n\nThese sites are talking about the high dam and toshka project.
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If you read the current archeological literature, you will read many contradictions. For one, they tell you that pyramids are essentially tombs for pharaohs, when in reality, not one mummy was found in the Great Pyramid of Giza for example. I specify that pyramid, because two chambers inside it are called the king’s and queen’s chambers and so people assume it’s because mummies were found there. Yet, archeologists stubbornly insist that they were tombs. They also INTERPRET the book of the dead as a reference by the Egyptians about the journey the dead take in the afterlife. As a result, they feel compelled to dismiss the ‘emerald tablets of thoth’ as fanciful magical verses and gibberish. Consider the fact that you don’t see many archeologists talking about the glyphs in Abydos that show glyphs resembling helicopters and flying vehicles? http://www.crystalinks.com/ancientaircraft.html \nIf you read those tablets, you will understand that the book of the dead was not about the dead at all. It was referring to something similar to out of body experiences. The Egyptians were knowledgeable in sacred geometry and spirituality. It was describing ways for one to be ‘free of the body’ and roam other dimensions freely. The book of the dead was a symbolic representation of a hidden knowledge; a decoy of sorts for the ‘real’ knowledge meant for the ‘worthy’… the emeralds of thoth. This knowledge represented the ability to travel by thought and intention alone anywhere in the universe, among other things. It holds many secrets. Some concepts reflect understandings we have today of 'quantum physics' and the nature of cause and effect (that effects precedes the cause)...etc.
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Excellent question. I have often thought about this before. They say that Egyptians never came to the new world but I don't buy it. Pyramids, heiroglyphs, burials, tombs And they way they looked. Too much to be coincidence. National geographic has a special called the curse of the cocaine mummies. They found the coca plant in Egyptian mummies which proves that they had trade.
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They sent them to Godhood.  think pyramids, big statues, mummies.  Those were memorials.  Often pharoahs were buried with a host of servants to serve them in the after life.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_egypt
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Nor inside ANY of the ancient egyptian monuments made prior to the Roman invasion in 52 B.C. The egyptians used another mechanism:Mirrors!\nYes they used a complicated system of mirrors to reflect the day light all the way inside the huge monuments they've built, which were siometimes several hundereds of feet high (like the pryamids, which aremore than 80 pyramids, the most famous of which,the biggest, but not the oldest, are the 3 giza pyramids) or far below the ground(tutemoses grave and other similarly fabulous graves in valley of the kings, or dug several meters deep inside solid granite mountains (like "Dir El Bahary" temple of hatshipsut)\nYes, as agatha christie said,they did it with mirrors :)
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The Egyptian museum in Cairo has hundreds of artifacts taken from his tomb near Luxor. It's definitely worth a visit. While you're planning your trip, have a look at their website www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/collection_tut.html