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Place of Enernity
Living as a man with a wife,
children by their sides.
working to have money.
closer to the end
Now the new pharaoh...
work begins on his final resting place,
a pyramid.
closer to the end
Temperatures reach over 100ºF…
The structure constructed from massive blocks
workers cut from the nearest quarry.
closer to the end
Level after level…
Slowly gaining in height
Day after day...week after week…month after month…year after year.
closer to the end
20 years later…
Gold covered blocks placed at the top
Limestone covered there remaining.
closer to the end
Lives lost, Lives crushed...
Millions gone but,
ready for the pharaoh’s death.
Finished in the end.
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