Burial Architecture Through Time
This page will focus on the burial structures of Dynastic Egypt. We will research burial sites through their chronological shifts. We begin at shallow pits and finish at the grand temples of King Tutankhamen and other elites. Through our chronological study we are able to see trends and a sort of evolution of royal burial sites. These changes in burial practices also reflect the role of the royals throughout time and in correlation with the Binford-Saxe hypothesis that states: treatment in life is reflected in the treatment at death. We know that Pharaoh's held high power and wealth through the discovery of lavish treasure within their tombs. Of course, this can be disrupted and tough to solidify through the intrusion of grave robbers throughout history. Complex passageways to get to the tombs also reflect the importance of the Pharaoh's during their life and the fact they the remains should not be disturbed. Increased complexity of burials coincides with an increase of social stratification. Pharaohs always held a high level of prestige but it seems, through the analysis of the burials, that as time passed the Rulers of Egypt became increasingly powerful and almost divine-like to those that followed them.