Chapter 11: The First Victory over Death

Question 1

Heb-sed

Answer 1

A festival, on which the king took a ceremonial run around a race course.

Question 2

Imhotep

Answer 2

He is Djoser’s chancellor, he thought up, designed, and directed the building of the step pyramid.

Question 3

Mastabas

Answer 3

The graves at Abydos, that were roofed over by stone-walled and square-topped covers.

Question 4

Red Pyramid

Answer 4

A nickname name for the Northern Pyramid. It is the nickname for the northern pyramid because the limestone facing the sun began to flake off and left the red sandstone beneath to glow.

Question 5

Sadd al-Kafara

Answer 5

The world’s first dam, built by pharaoh Khufu. It was located twenty miles south of Cairo.

Question 6

Serdab

Answer 6

A small chamber, where a life-size statue of Djoser sat, facing east, wrapped in a white limestone cloak.

Question 7

Step Pyramid

Answer 7

The first Egyptian pyramid ever built, it was six levels of stone blocks, that rose up step wise to a height of around two hundred feet.

Question 8

Ziggurats

Answer 8

Sumerian temples that were used for worshiping gods.