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Tomb builders were important because tombs were important.
Egyptians believed that in order to have a good afterlife, one needed to be properly prepared; one's images and special funerary texts were needed, in needed a company of many objects and statues. Tomb builders were responsible for this also; in a way they were the ones to make sure you would have a good afterlife.
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