Arch 1301 - Concepts

Question 1

Mummification

Answer 1

The process to preserve the body. The ka of an important person especially the pharaoh, was to be prepared for the afterlife so that they won’t wander unsatisfied. The construction of tombs helped house the items and body.

Question 2

Winter Solstice

Answer 2

Shortest day of the year.

Question 3

Summer Solstice

Answer 3

associated with Stonehenge at sunrise. it was a tool for observing the solstices. Longest day of the year.

Question 4

Polytheism

Answer 4

the belief in or worship of more than one god.

Question 5

Gallery Grave

Answer 5

Essentially, the gallery grave is an elongated version of the single-chamber tom. Burials were made along the tomb’s walls, which may run parallel or to a narrow V

Question 6

Single Chamber Tomb

Answer 6

simple structure has 4 stones for walls and one slab for a roof. Other single-chamber tombs may be circular or many-sided but all have small interiors, seldom 7 fee across

Question 7

Passage Grave

Answer 7

combining the single chamber and gallery grave, the passage grave has a burial chamber, usually round, and a long corridor leading to it. In many such tombs the walls of the chamber section were built of overlapping stones tapering to form a domed ceiling. The chamber resembles some dwellings and may represent an attempt to provide the dead with a permanent home.