What is the significance of the pyramids?

Answer 1

Everything in Egyptian religion and mythology is rooted in function. The ancient Egyptians were not naive or primitive in thought. They used myths in their cultic texts (i.e. Pyramid texts, Coffin texts and the Book of the Dead). Egyptians used these myths as metaphysical word pictures to better understand the ultimate reality of the universe they experienced daily. The pyramids had a functional purpose in that they did not only house the mummy of the dead king (typically), but the pyramid plays a key role in the Egyptian understanding of the afterlife. The spells written on the king's sarcophagus, inner chamber walls, etc. are there to insure the king of safe passage through Duat, the underworld, with Re/Atum/Ptah (i.e. the first self-creating god by which all the other gods emerged from) each night through Nut's (the sky) stomach. The dead king would be with Atum as he traversed the underworld in a boat fighting his archenemy Apophis, the serpent like creature. Osiris, ruler of the dead, would renew the dead king and Re/Atum's strength through the night. The goal was for the dead king to be born anew each morning with the rising of the sun. The sun (i.e. the god Re/Atum/Ptah) came out of Nut's crotch/uterus each morning to cross the sky and enter Nut's mouth in the west again to go through the cycle of death and rebirth each day. The pyramids represent the Benben hillrock/landmass that is always associated with the self-creating god rising out of the waters of chaos in Egyptian religion at the beginning of creation. Thus, the pyramid itself represents the land mass coming out of the chaos waters of creation within the use of the metaphor. This is the function of the pyramid for ancient Egypt as it played a role in depicting the first few moments of creation on a daily basis.

Answer 2

Pyramids are historical relics that provide us with a glimpse of how people lived in different cultures long ago, and they are slowly helping us to gain a better understanding of those lives.

Answer 3

The real significance of a pyramid is mostly the way they were built. The Egyptians used math, agriculture, and astronomy to build the pyramids.

Answer 4

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