Burial History
The earliest Egyptian burials were simple pits dug into the ground.
What are shallow graves?
The Valley of the Kings is located on this side of the Nile River.
What is the west bank?
Most royal tombs began with this feature leading underground.
What is a descending corridor?
This king built Egypt's first stone pyramid.
Who is King Djoser?
The main reason people robbed tombs.
What is to steal valuable treasure?
These rectangular mudbrick tombs with underground burial chambers.
What is a mastaba?
Approximately this many tombs have been discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
What is 62?
Builders carved these to confuse tomb robbers.
What are false doors and shafts?
During this dynasty, pyramids changed from step pyramids to smooth sided pyramids.
What is the Fourth Dynasty?
Many robbers had this advantage because they helped build the tombs.
What is inside knowledge?
During this kingdom, kings began building pyramids surrounded by mastabas.
What is the Old Kingdom?
The Valley of the Kings is part of this ancient city.
What is Thebes?
These writings guided the king safely through the underworld.
What are funerary texts?
This famous pyramid at Giza was built for Pharaoh Khufu.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Officials often blocked entrances using this material.
What is debris?
During this period, tombs were cut into the mountains instead of building pyramids.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Pharaohs chose this location because it was hidden by these natural features.
What are limestone cliffs and remote desert gorge?
These are minerals which is made to make colourful pigments.
What are ochre, lapis lazuli and malachite?
BY the end of the Old Kingdom, pyramids became smaller mainly because of two reasons.
What are economic straints and fewer resources?
Tomb robbing was very common in Egyptian society due to this.
What is wealth differences?
During this period, pharaohs were buried in rock cut tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
What is the New Kingdom?
Tomb construction usually began at this important point in a pharaoh's life.
What is soon after their coronation?
Some tomb entrances featured these to discourage thieves.
What are protective curses?
Name two reasons Egyptians stopped building pyramids.
What are high cost, resource shortages, religious changes, or poor protection from tomb robbers.
Name two methods Egyptians used to protect tombs from robbers
What are hidden entrances, false doors, protective curses, debris blockage, construction in remote locations?