food for thought

 

                                                          PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT

               Ancient Civilization of Egypt is dated about 3500 bc. Then King was the absolute 

lord. Most of the people ruled by him were peasants. There was also slavery. Zosar was the 

first king of the third royal dynasty, during whose reign Pyramids started being built. Stones 

were now used in the construction of buildings.  Slaves were used to pull very heavy stones. 

Against this irony, ingenuity and engineering skills used in constructing these pyramids, in  

the absence of today's technical knowhow, remain astounding. A lot of wealth of 

the kingdom was used in the construction of pyramids, which were grand cemetaries of 

kings, queens and other members of royalty. Buried inside the pyramids were mummified 

corpses of the royalty. accompanied with a lot of riches, for their comfort and enjoyment in 

the supposed afterlife. Pyramid representing Zosar's cemetary was of square shape. All 

pyramids thereafter were of triangular shape. Sphynx is a monument constructed prior to 

Zosar's reign. Towering it is a statue with a lion's body and human face, representing Sun-

God. This civilization's greatest days were over by about 1000 bc. Eventually 

this civilization met its downfall with encroachment of Persian and then Greek invaders.