RELG 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter Documentary: Souterrain
27 Aug 2018
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Thousands of men were shipped from all over the provinces to construct a tomb for their king khufu. They believed it had a power to perform a miracle to help them resurrect. Not one of the people who helped build the pyramid was a slave. On earth, there was nothing but watery chaos and from that chaos emerged a pyramid. According to myths, the pyramids were built by people who were obsessed with outer space. Texts on the pyramids, in the form of hieroglyphs spells, songs, incantations helped to understand the story of the builders. Described the end of the journey of the king in a mysterious way. To understand the mystery is to understand the purpose of the building of the pyramid. Graffities left behind spell out the names of the gangs, builders. Small boat was built to bring down the coffin of the king down the nile.
