any rituals and ceremonies to communicate with their deities. At pre-arranged events, the people gathered in ritual plazas to honor the gods. People would dress in elaborate costumes and dance, take hallucinogenic drugs, take ritual steam baths, and play ritual games. Sacrifices in the form of killing or burning of bodies would be made to the gods. The Egyptians, like the Mayans, worshiped many gods dealing with every aspect of their everyday lives. Caring for those that had died was very important to Egyptian society. They gave very special care to those who had been in important positions, people such as kings. They mummified them and placed them in large tombs called pyramids.
These tombs required many men and many hours to construct. Building one of them took an entire communi
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