Scientists classify redwoods according to the rules of taxonomy. The discipline within biology concerned with classifying living things, including redwoods, is taxonomy. Itâs a difficult and inexact science encompassing different camps that often disagree.ortunately, there is some solid ground in the form of a general hierarchy that is widely accepted. This scheme features seven levels of classification. They are, in descending order: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species.
57-58, et. al. The pyramid was supposed to protect the pharaoh's body from the Nile, wild animals, and robbers. The Egyptians believed that they were born with a double, another self, called the ka. When the body died a soul called the ba flew out, sent a life spark through the ka, and then traveled to the other world.
Khafre's funerary complex. The Sphinx is only part of a set of structures built to serve the cult of the dead king and the sun god, Re, consisting of a pyramid, Pyramid Temple, causeway, Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, and Valley Temple. The Sphinx may have been intended to associate the king with the sun god. The ancient Egyptian general term for sphinx, shesep ankh Atum, means âliving image of Atum,â Atum being both the creator god and the setting sun. The Sphinx looks onto a temple built directly east of the statue. The alignment of the Sphinx Temple probably indicates sun worship (see sidebar). We can show that the three lower Khafre structures (Sphinx, Sphinx Temple, and Valley Temple) fit within the same archaeological sequence.