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To shelter and safeguard the part of a pharaoh's soul that remained with his corpse, Egyptians built massive tombs-but not always pyramids.
Before the pyramids, tombs were carved into bedrock and topped by flat-roofed structures called mastabas. Mounds of dirt, in turn, sometimes topped the structures.
The pyramid shape of later tombs could have come from these mounds. More likely, Egyptian pyramids were modeled on a sacred, pointed stone called the benben. The benben symbolized the rays of the sun; ancient texts claimed that pharaohs reached the heavens via sunbeams.
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What is the shape of the base of an Egyptian pyramid?
The original tombs were rectangles, known as bastabas. The dead were buried beneath them. Soon, the rectangle was changed to pyramids. Later tombs were dug beneath the ground with no particular shape.
What was each leg of the triangular trade known as?
The triangular trade route
How many pyramids are there in the whole world?
about 300,000,000,000-400,000,000,000 pyramids in the whole world
Which continents were involved in the triangular trade?
The triangular trade was bettween North America, Europe, and Africa.
Who did triangular trade benefit most?
who benefit most from triangular trade
