Ancient Egypt - Pyramids

Question 0

The dead were buried with what to take with them to the afterlife?

Answer 0

Treasures

Question 1

Pyramids were tombs for who?

Answer 1

Pharaohs

Question 2

What pyramid was the first Pyramid built in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 2

The Pyramid of Djoser

-located on the ancient burial site of Saqqara - located in Memphis (the capital of Ancient Egypt)

Question 3

How many different types of pyramids were there?

Answer 3

3

Question 5

What did people believe about step pyramids?

Answer 5

They were built that way so the Pharaohs could walk towards the sky to their sun gods and goddesses

Question 6

How were Bent Pyramids built?

Answer 6

With a wide base and narrow top

Question 7

What type of pyramid is the most identifiable?

Answer 7

True Pyramids

Question 8

What kind of statue is located next to the great Pyramids of Giza?

Answer 8

The Sphinx

Question 9

What is a Sphinx?

Answer 9

A human head on the body of a lion

Question 10

Pyramids were located on what side of the Nile River?

Answer 10

The West because the Egyptians believed that the sun set in the west signified the end of life (death)

Question 11

Where are the three great pyramids located?

Answer 11

On the Giza Necroplois, located outside Cairo

Question 12

What are the three Great Pyramids?

Answer 12

The Pyramid of Menkaure, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Great Pyramid of Khufu

Question 13

Which pyramid is the largest of the three?

Answer 13

The Great Pyramid of Khufu

Question 14

What were the pyramids mostly built of?

Answer 14

Limestone

Question 15

True or False:

Archaeologists are still unsure of how exactly the pyramids were built

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

What type of pyramids were the earliest form of pyramids?

Answer 16

Step Pyramids - looked like a huge set of stairs

Question 17

What happened to the bodies of dead Pharaohs?

Answer 17

They were mummified to preserve their spirits

Question 18

Describe step 1 of the process of Mummification?

PURIFICATION

Answer 18

• “Embalmers” washed the body with sweet smelling wines and spices, and rinsed it with water from the Nile River
• “Cutter” removed internal organs through cut made on the left side of the body

Question 19

What organs were removed in the first step of mummification? What remained inside the body? And How was the brain removed?

Answer 19

Intestines, stomach, liver and lungs. Th

Question 20

Describe step 2 of mummification:

DEHYDRATION

Answer 20

The body is covered and filled with Natron

Question 21

What is Natron?

Answer 21

A mineral salt found in dried lake beds. It dried out the body

Question 22

Describe step 3 of mummification:

CLEANSING - important to Ancient Egyptians

Answer 22

After 40 nights, the body is washed once more with water from the Nile River. Then it is covered in certain oils and fragrant spices to keep skin soft and elastic

Question 23

Describe step 4 of mummification:

RESTORING

Answer 23

The body is restored to as lifelike state as possible. It is stuffed with dry materials such as sawdust,leaves, and linens to make the corpse regain it’s shape

Question 24

Designed step 5 of mummification:

WRAPPING

Answer 24

The entire body is wrapped then covered with shrouds and bound with strips of linen. Head and neck are wrapped first, then fingers and toes, then arms and legs.

Question 25

After the arms and legs are tied together, what is placed between the wrapped hands in Step 5 of mummification?

Answer 25

A papyrus scroll with spells from the Book of the Dead

Question 26

Describe step 6 of mummification:

FUNERAL PROCESS

Answer 26

After the wrapping was complete, the head of the mummy was covered with a portrait mask to ensure spirits would recognize the body. Then the mummy would be places in a series of wooden coffins. Lastly, the body and its coffin is placed inside a stone sarcophagus, then placed within the tomb.