Egypt. The sphinx, pyramids, temples, and golden statues. People who built entire empires on dunes of sand and prospered for thousands of years. Is it enough to know they were here? That they created wonders of the new world and valued death as much as life? Though they are gone, their beliefs, their lives are forever imprinted in the sand and in our hearts. Their beliefs were simple: everyone regardless of age, sex, race, or …showed first 75 words of 892 total…

…showed last 75 words of 892 total…gods caused them to make the most out of this life, whether or not they consensually realized it. My ideas of the Egyptians have drastically changed since the beginning of this class. I now have a newfound respect for these mysterious people who created things that even to this day baffle the greatest of minds. Their beliefs, and lives are now and forever imprinted into the scalding desert of my heart and mind as well.