https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt Egypt stuff and things en-us 2016-11-30 13:23:45 UTC 2026-01-30 23:05:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png 22marissalucente https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140791315 Were the first royal tombs that were built at Abydos during the first and second dynasties.]]> 2016-11-30 13:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140791315 22akirtania https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140792102 Mastabas were trapezoidal shaped tombs with sloped walls because the flat roof is meant to be smaller than the base.]]> 2016-11-30 13:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140792102 22edurgin https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140792500 These were built at a place called Abydos on the West Bank of the Nile River.]]> 2016-11-30 13:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140792500 22cjorgensen https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140793005 At the end of a deep vertical shaft under the mastabas is where the body's where placed.]]> 2016-11-30 13:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140793005 22lchiduruppa https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140793923 Inside the Mastabas there were two chambers, the outer and the inner chamber. The outer chamber or the chaple had an offering table. The table had jars that contained small objects or food and drink. Seperated by a false door, there was the the inner chapel or the serdab. It contained the statue of the deceased tenant of the Mastaba. This tomb was surrounded by women and dwarves who were most likely servants who died for their king.]]> 2016-11-30 13:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140793923 22edurgin https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140794633 The Egyptians called their souls or life force the Ka. When people died their Ka was released.]]> 2016-11-30 13:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140794633 22marissalucente https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140795166 Around the tomb were graves of the rulers servants that sacrificed there life to serve their king in the afterlife.]]> 2016-11-30 13:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140795166 22akirtania https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140796991 Many of the earliest Egyptians of the Old Kingdom had the belief that only the souls of the Kings went on to enjoy life with gods. The Old Kingdom lasted from 2650-2134 B.C.]]> 2016-11-30 13:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140796991 22cjorgensen https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140799497 The living would bring offerings of food and during in jars. The burial chambers would be filled with goods and food. the walls where decorated with scenes of daily activities for the comfort of the ka]]> 2016-11-30 13:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/140799497 abaldwin69_1 https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/141132703 Surrounding the tombs were the graves of people who may have been servants of the king and were sacrificed so that they could continue to serve in the afterlife, though the kings and nobles were also buried with statues called Shabti and shawabti to perform work for the deceased.]]> 2016-12-01 15:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/22cjorgensen/cnuqkf447xgt/wish/141132703