The wоrd Egypt instаntly brings imаges оf pyrаmids tо mind. Although the Giza pyramids are renowned monuments towering nearly 500 feet out of the desert sand, they pose more questions than they answer about this ancient land. Most of our knowledge about Egyptian civilization foods, employment, leisure activities, and social customs comes from a different source. Mastabas, the decorated tombs of the upper class, are our best place for information about the lives that ancient Egyptians led. The ancient Egyptians meticulously preserved human remains because they believed that the souls of the dead visited the realm of the living. The mummy of the deceased was the resting place for that traveling soul. The financial status of the dead person determined where his or her mummy would be stored. Wealthy pharaohs could afford to build pyramids; people with less money, however, settled for mastabas. Pyramids certainly attract attention, as their builders hoped they would do. These monuments rise majestically out of the desert, tapering to a point that signals the way to the realm of Ra, the sun god. Their height and style indicated to all who saw them the prestige and wealth of the dead king buried inside. Pyramids, though, leave us little information about the culture. Scholars debate whether slaves or paid laborers built them. UFO enthusiasts claim that extraterrestrials arranged to have the half-ton bricks transported to the 481-foot top. The inside of the largest Egyptian pyramid, that of the pharaoh Khufu, has no interior decoration, except the king's name carved one time into a wall. Mastabas, on the other hand, contain a wealth of information. These multi-room tombs, many long since buried by the constantly shifting desert sand, contain elaborate wall decorations that show family, friends, and servants participating in all areas of life. Take, for example, the mastaba of Ptahhotep, a dignitary who lived over 4,000 years ago. The carvings that appear in this tomb are so detailed that a visitor can tell what type of knot an ancient fisherman used to secure a trap to his boat. Based on the carvings from a single wall in Ptahhotep's mastaba, we know that the ancient Egyptians drank wine and ate beef, for scenes show servants cultivating and fermenting grapes and slaughtering cattle. In addition to the food acquired from domesticated animals, we can observe the Egyptians hunting wild game in the desert. From meticulous drawings, we know that they used greyhound-like dogs to bring down a variety of hoofed animals. And scenes of gymnasts practicing acrobatics let us glean information about leisure activities of these ancient people. Mastaba might not be a word that comes immediately to mind when people think of Egypt. Without the excavation of these tombs, however, we would have little information about the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. Because of the highly decorated interior walls, we have snapshots of everyday activities that allow us to imagine how these people spent their days. The tone of this passage is best described as
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