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.
Carved from bedrock in front of Khafre's pyramid, the Sphinx depicts the pharaoh as a human-headed lion, wearing the headdress of the pharaohs. The great statue is the embodiment of Khafre, the third ruler of the 4th dynasty (time line), as the god Horus.