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of Egypt begins with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
into one united kingdom. The first ruler under this new system
was Menes. Thirty other dynasty's would follow. To further unify
Upper and Lower Egypt Menes founded a capital city where the two
met: at the apex of the Nile, where it fans out into the silt
plain. This city was named "White walls" by the Egyptians but
later called Memphis by the Greeks. It is here at Memphis that
the great pyramids where built. The pyramids were built to house
the dead pharaoh of that time. Death was seen by the Egyptians
as just the beginning of a journey to the other world. In
Egyptian society each individual believed that his eternal life
was dependant on the continued existence of their king, a belief
that made the building of the pyramid a concern of the entire
kingdom. Many people would be called to duty to work on the
pyramids and many