What simililarities can be seen between the ways Shi Huangdi and the Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were buried? - Ancient Egypt & Ancient China
Here is a table of the many similarities, yet many differences on how the Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were buried, and how Shi Huangdi was buried:
Shi HuangdiIn the city of Xian, in the Shenshi Province, there are 8'000 individual sculptures of life-size human beings. In 1974, Some workers discovered the tomb of Shi Huangdi near these terracotta warriors. In 2005, some archaeologists found another section of the emerors tomb, and discovered a huge amount of realistic, life-size wetland, complete with statues of aquatic birds, cranes, swans, and geese.
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Ancient Egyptian PharaohsThe Ancient Egyptians buried most of their kings and Pharaohs in huge pyramids that took about 10 years to build, but near the end of their reign, they buried Pharaohs like Tutunkhamun and Heterpheres in tombs dug into rock, so that robbers could not discover the grave. The main burial customs that the Egyptians had were mummification, prayers, 'magic spells' and goods to help them in the afterlife. After the burial, the people would gather together and have a celebration.
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