What were the Egyptian pyramids built for?

The Egyptian pyramids were built as tombs for ancient Egyptian kings.  Perhaps the first thing you would look for if you visited the United Arab Republic would be the ancient Egyptian pyramids near the Nile river.  

Each pyramid was build as a tomb to protect the body of an Egyptian king.  The Egyptian thought that a man’s body had to be protected and preserved so his soul could live forever.

When a king died, the people “mummified” (dried and wrapped) his body and buried it in a secret chamber deep inside an enormous pyramid, built of stone blocks to last a long time.  

It was built large to tell the world how great the king was.  Many treasures of gold and precious objects were buried with the king so that his spirit could enjoy them. Food and other necessities wee also put in the pyramid for the king in his future life.  

After the king’s mummy was placed in the pyramid, the inner passages were blocked. It took millions of stones to build a big pyramid.  Many of the blocks weighed more than a ton apiece.  A big pyramid meant the work of thousands of slaves for many years. – Dick Rogers

How did museums start?

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Museum as we know them today grew out of the private collections started by wealthy people during the middle ages.

Where could you go to see an Egyptian mummy or the paintings of great artists?  Where could you see the bones of dinosaur?  The answer is “a museum.”

Just you may collect stamps or coins, museums are places that collect and display valuable art works, stuffed animals and many other interesting historical and scientific objects.

The first museums were founded in ancient Egypt.  They were usually places where art, music and the sciences were studied.  Museums as we know them did not develop until many centuries later.

They grew out of the private collections of works of art and other treasures started by wealthy people during the Middle Ages.  Today there are many different kinds of museums to visit.  Art museums, for example, collect and show paintings, statues and other masterpieces of art.

And you can see model dinosaurs in museums of natural history.-Dick Rogers

Things You Should Know About the Philippines – 3

There Were Mummies in the Philippines. A tribe in Kabayan town, Benguet province used to mummify the bodies of their dead. Until now, the mummified bodies of their ancestors are hung at the burial rocks in the area.

Marcos Was Last Lawyer President. Eight Filipino presidents were laywers. All former presidents from Manuel Quezon in 1935 to Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, except Ramos Magsaysay, had practiced law. Starting 1986, the next four presidents were non-lawyers, namely: Corazon Aquino, a housewife; Fidel Ramos, a military general; Joseph Estrada, an actor; and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, an economist.

79 Percent Had Electricity. The Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) in 2002 showed that around 12.581 million families or 79 percent of the total had electricity in 2002, up from only 10.809 million or 73.3 percent of all families in 1999.