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Hieroglyphics are pictures that stand for different sounds and words. These hieroglyphs read the tomb of Khufu,14 symbols, the picture resmbles a god. There are 3 forms of hieroglyphs, Hieractive, Demote, and Coptic. Hieractive was a cursive form of writing. Demote a shorthand version of the Hieractive script. Coptic was written using Greek letters, but followed the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs were used most of the time to decorate temples. Hieroglyphs could also be written with a pen and ink on papyrus, a paper like material, or painted or carved into stone. Hieroglyphs can be written right to left, left to right, or downwards. Watch the video to learn more about hieroglyphics. __Pyramids-Why Were They Built?__ Pyramids were built as tombs for the rulers of Egypt. Pyramids were monuments of how great the ruler was, & later pyramids were built with passage ways leading to different rooms, chambers, tombs, & even traps. These many passages made to more confusing for grave robbers. The different rooms consisted of... the King's Chamber, the Grand Gallery, Escape Passage, & the Underground Chamber. Each of the room had a special meaning to the rulere, & was built for his use in the afterlife.

__Air Shaft-__ It was suggested that the air shafts were built to help ventilate the monument/Pyramid during the construction. The Great Pyramid is the only pyramid with shafts. Without shafts the builders would suffocate so it seems that ancient Egyptions found easier ways to get air through the pyramid. Dhafts didn't just help with the ventilation problems, they surved as a mundane purpose too!

__King's chamber__- The Kng's Chamber is a room located near the top of the pyramid by the Grand Gallery. In the King's Chamber there's a sarcophagus usually made of red granite. Inside the sarcophagus is the King's mummified body. The King's CHamber was said to be the King's room in the afterlife. __Queen's Chamber-__ The Queen's Chamber received it's name from an Arab explorer, but this room wasn't actually for the queen. It was a room said to beleive to be filled with the queen's items to remind the king of her in his after life. The Queen's Chamber is made entirely out of beautifully finished limestone blocks with a gabeled ceiling. There are 2 air shafts in the Queen's CHamber, but they are usually covered up with briks. It has been argued that the Queen's Chamber was a sealed off room for the King's soul to practice religion in after he died.

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