So what it means by "two farther" is that he is between two adults that are treating him like his son, his teacher having strict teachings and have his father do the homework instead, the author made multiple meanings because he wants his readers interpretation guide the story instead of his words, the priest I'm guessing on but helps him with his problem with the teacher and his farther since he's getting abused in the story.
ooo that is easy Egyptians built tombs in there pyramids and made then in different ways and had a aton of passages while the Mayans used there pyramids for astronomy and rituals and sacrifices i could go on but ill keep it short for you :3