He has been called "The Father of History", as well as "The Father of Lies". ... The ancient Egyptians saw the state of the pyramids as an issue giving new life to the dead, in light of the fact that the pyramid symbolized the indication of the physical body rising up out of the earth and climbing toward the light of the sun. ... Assumptions have been made by researchers theorizing that the Egyptians were trying to speak to the inclining beams of the sun. ...

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Although there are many mysteries within the history of the ancient Egyptians, it is clear that religion was a profound part of their lives. ... Throughout time there was much destruction done to the sacred temples by the foreign invaders and a lot of history was lost. ... When a person died, they had to be buried on the west side of the Nile since the sun "died" in the west. ...

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Akkad Victory Steele of Naram-Sin 75 40 Naram-Sin defeats soldiers and they fall beneath him as he climbs to join the gods, who are represented as suns at the top of the mountain. ... Babylonian Stele of Hammurabi 76 30/43 The sun god gives Hammurabi the right to rule and the code of laws. ... The sun god is depicted over the entrance. The sun enters through the center door on October 21st (Ramses' birthday), lighting up his statue deep in the interior. ... The sun god is shining down on the figures. ...

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Earlier Pharaohs had already built enormous burial arrangements and it was Imhotep who designed the Step Pyramid, the first building in history made entirely of dressed stone. ... The First Intermediate Period, was described as the "dark period" in Ancient Egyptian history, spanned about three hundred years after the end of the Old Kingdom from 2181-2055 B.C.E. ... The First Intermediate Period was an aggressive time in history where rules of Egypt were harshly divided between two battling power bases, Upper and Lower Egypt. ...

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