Burying the Dead in Ancient Egypt: The History of Egyptian Mummies, Tombs, and Other Burial Rituals Audiobook Libro.fm

Given the abundance of funerary artifacts that have been found within the sands of Egypt it sometimes seems as though the Egyptians were more concerned with the matters of the afterlife than they were with matters of the life they experienced from day to day This is underscored most prominently by the pyramids which have captured the worlds imagination for centuries The pyramids of Egypt are such recognizable symbols of antiquity that for millennia people have made assumptions about what they are and why they exist without full consideration of the various meanings these ancient symbolic structures have had over the centuries Generations have viewed them as symbols of a lost past which in turn is often portrayed as a world full of romance and mystery This verbal meaning has become associated with the structures through the tourism industry where intrigue obviously boosts ticket sales In fact the Egyptian pyramids are so old that they were also drawing tourists even in ancient times In antiquity the Great Pyramid of Giza was listed as one of Seven Ancient Wonders of the World and it is the only one still surviving today