Question

Why does egypt have so many tombs and mummies.

Answer 1

It was their culture. They kept the body preserved. (in short)

Step-by-step explanation:

Egyptians believed in second life, an afterlife, to be specific. A place they will wake up in with the things they have been mummified and buried within their tombs.

The three great Pyramids of Giza, for example, are tombs and they were built for pharaoh kings as something "great" that would best match their importance.

They mummified ancient Egyptians because their soul or spirit lived inside the mummified body. Egyptians thought this was the place where this soul or spirit could live. They thought there might be a chance that the spirit would go away if the body was not mummified or well preserved.

Answer 2

Mummies are the preserved bodies of the dead. The ancient Egyptians believed that preserving the body meant that it would live on in the afterlife. This was true of everyone, not just pharaohs. They believed that after death, the soul left the body, but then at night it would return to it to receive new life. The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with mummification. In fact, some estimates suggest that they created over 70 million mummies, absolutely amazing.