In the middle of the oval, the pharaoh’s name is written, rather like a nameplate. There was always a cartouche on the sarcophagus. A cartouche is simply an oval design. The burial chamber is the name of the room that held the sarcophagus, the stone coffin that held the mummy of the pharaoh. One room in the pyramid was especially important. Shabtis did the heavy lifting and served the dead in their afterlife existence. Shabtis were statues that represented workers. So that the deceased could enjoy the afterlife, they also had shabtis buried with them. There were little statues that represented his wife, children and friends, so his loved ones would be close to him. What is a shabti and why were they included in Egyptian tombs? The rooms were filled with beautiful statues and clothes and gold plated toys and games and trinkets and jewelry, and anything else the pharaoh might want to have on hand in his or her afterlife. The walls of each room were covered with wonderful paintings like those seen at left, relief sculptures, and hieroglyphic writing that told about the life and times of the person buried inside. Inside the pyramids there were courtyards, storage rooms, lofty halls, and secret passageways. The day a pharaoh married, work on his wife’s tomb was begun. The very first day a royal was crowned as Pharaoh, work on his or her tomb began. Thus, the inside of a pyramid was built like a palace.īuilding a pyramid was a really big deal. That way, they could be sure that their pharaoh could enjoy his afterlife surrounded by the things he loved. Consequently, when they built their pharaoh’s tomb, they wanted it to be beautiful and comfortable.
The Pharaoh's Afterlife: For the ancient Egyptians, the afterlife was a place that greatly resembled Egypt. From the afterlife, it was believed, the pharaohs would still keep an eye on the welfare of their people in their old neighborhood. While the ancient Egyptians believed that their pharaohs moved on to a new palace in the afterlife, they also believed that their pharaohs would very much remain a part of their everyday lives. For the ancient Egyptians, building a pyramid was like building the pharaoh a new palace, one that he would call "home" in the afterlife. Throughout the Two Lands, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, it was understood that building a pyramid was a sign of love and respect for the pharaoh. During the Old Kingdom, royal tombs were located inside huge structures called pyramids. Although the common people were sad about not being able to move on to the afterlife, it gave them great pleasure to build the pharaoh's pyramids. When a pharaoh died in ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was buried in a royal tomb.
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