The Pharaoh’s arrived mysteriously in history. Lack of information has robbed us of knowing how they rose to domination with so much power. How did they put their military together and convince them to murder and invade the lands?
History shows there was a constant struggle between the royalty of antiquity and the common people. On many occasions evidence shows the common people succeeded and failed like a rollercoaster.
The struggle between the common people of antiquity and the royals became so desperate that the royals had to be hidden at death. The sarcophagi of the Pharaoh Kings were placed in a valley where they could be protected by security priests from the non royal people. I think non royal sounds better than common – don’t you think?
The valley was chosen for its natural cliff formation that gave the guarding priests warning of anyone trying to damage or remove bodies from the resting place. It has been named – The Valley of the Kings.
The non royal population have left us evidence of their disrespect and disapproval by destroying many of the tombs. These people were called tomb raiders. The wealth of the Pharaoh Kings was buried alongside the sarcophagus. This was so the kings would be well provided for in the next life.
Information left from the time of the pyramid builders show they were a working community and not considered as slaves. They supposedly were provided for. But how do we really know how these people who laboured away to provide for their pharaoh were not passively disapproving of the opulence the kings enjoyed.
The tomb raiders robbed the riches – Riches which should belong to the people rather than a single obnoxious ruler. We have no idea if the people were disgruntled. Was it Greed or Necessity? – Thieves steal mostly because of these two elements. Many of the people were brilliant architects and knowledgeable builders. The people of non royal blood were intelligent. History shows there was constant unrest between the royals and non royals.
The reason why I am curious the non royals were not totally subservient to the pharaohs is because of their actions. The tomb raiders not only stole but they caused irreparable damage. Egyptian mummies had their faces smashed and others removed and destroyed completely, very few items escaped the damage. Many of the statues constructed in honour of these Pharaoh’s have had damage done to their faces; mostly their noses were chopped off. In my opinion, I wonder if it was to symbolize the prevention of them breathing life, perhaps in the afterlife.
It has often made me wonder why the ancients were so disrespectful to their kings. The plundering of the wealth, it was thought, was the objective of these grave raiders. But I have never understood why they would bother mutilating the mummies and the many monuments.
Another curiosity of mine, regardless of other people’s theories is the Pharaoh’s beard. In an era where artwork was depicted with accuracy; the beard always appeared false and out of place. Those mummies that have been recovered don’t show any evidence of this seemingly odd structure of a beard. Could this have been a gesture of peculiarity to indicate that these royals were questionable?
The people of Egypt wanted to destroy the kings because of their invasion into society. They treated the people as work animals. I can only guess the reason why they were given, at minimum, food and shelter as payment was to keep them from overpowering the system. Evidence of such revolts did occur – the bible speaks of the Exodus, as an example, although a lot of creative licence was employed in that tale.
The non royals of Egypt were huge in numbers and would have been a threat. To keep the people working, food and sheltered was their reward that kept them at bay. Evidence has also surfaced to suggest some people actually voluntarily came to work on the monuments for the king. I could only imagine if there was a limited choice to feed a family, then the sacrifice would have been made in the name of survival.
It still intrigues me why groups of people pushed the boundaries by robbing the tombs. The penalty was high for tomb robbers, if they were caught. To dismember the face of a mummy king only shows to me that these Pharaohs were a great threat to humanity.
Additionally as I have mentioned before in previous blogs there is a lot of comparison between the biblical descriptive content and that of the Pharaoh Kings who were the god representative. Their sarcophagi were laced with Gold Winged Creatures – The same description as the Gold Winged Creatures that guarded the covenant box. Flaming Swords and Winged Creatures guarded the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. And as I have said many times, knowledge was lost from antiquity. And just throw in a third comparison away from the bible and history is the black eye makeups warn by the Pharaohs. Was that as a representative of the god figure they represented and if so then why does it match what people consider the look of the alien grey?
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