Question

A. But this does not mean that death was the Egyptians' only
preoccupation.
B. Even papyri come mainly from pyramid temples.
C. Most of our traditional sources of information about the Old
Kingdom are monuments of the rich like pyramids and tombs.
D. Houses in which ordinary Egyptians lived have not been preserved,
and when most people died they were buried in simple graves.
E. We know infinitely more about the wealthy people of Egypt than we
do about the ordinary people, as most monuments were made for the
rich.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The Egyptians believed in life after death, therefore, they preserved the dead body. the art of preserving the dead body is known as mummification. pyramids and tombs were built to preserve the body of pharaohs.

The Egyptian King was known as Pharoah.

The preserved dead body is called mummy. the Egyptians had the tradition of preserving the dead body using natron salt, a combination of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. the preservation process is called mummification.after 40 days , when the salt absorbed all the moisture, the body was filled with sawdust and wrapped with stripes of linen cloth and covered with a fabric. the body was stored in a stone coffin called sarcophagus.