great pyramids Flashcards

1
Q

who were the three kings?

A

mendaura, khafre, and khufu

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2
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what country’s were these found?

A

Giza egypt

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3
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what kingdom?

A

old kingdom

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4
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what dynasty?

A

fourth dynasty

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5
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when was this made?

A

2550-2490 BCE

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6
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what are these made out of?

A

cut limestone

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7
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what would they look like back in the day?

A

covered in white stone with a gold cap on top

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8
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how was it made?

A

people would be drafted into making it over 20 years

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9
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who found the great sphinx?

A

neopolien

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10
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what is the great sphinx?

A

face of a man and body of a lion

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11
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what is the purpose of the great sphinx?

A

to guard the pyramids

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12
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what does ashlar masonry mean?

A

group of persusly cut stone

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13
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what does courses mean?

A

rows of brick or stone

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14
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why a pyramid?

A

used as a stairway to the afterlife

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15
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why so big?

A

used to hold all the things a king might need in the afterlife

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16
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what’s at the bottom of the pyramid?

A

a shaft grave

17
Q

what’s in the bottom middle of the pyramid?

A

a room the the kings Ka and an offering table

18
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what’s at the top middle of the pyramid?

A

the kings tomb and all his belongings

19
Q

what at the top of the pyramid?

A

an entrance and a maze to confuse the robbers

20
Q

why do the pyramids keep getting smaller?

A

because it took to long to build so they had to hurry before the next king died

21
Q

why are there three death chambers built in the pyramid?

A

during the building stages they didn’t know when the king would die so they would keep building them just incase