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All Pyramids
The Great Pyramid
Building a Pyramid
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True or False: It was the poor and regular man or woman who had a pyramid built for them.
What is false. It was Egypt's most rich and famous who had a pyramid built for them.
100
What pharaoh was the Great Pyramid built for and in what year?
What is pharaoh Khufu, in 2600 B.C.
100
How many years did it take to build the Great Pyramid?
What is around 20 years.
100
This is a form of writing composed of symbols representing either words or sounds.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Fill in the blank: A Pharaoh never let his _______ be seen.
What is hair. A pharaoh never let his hair be seen. He would always wear a crown or headdress called a nemes.
200
What is the purpose of a pyramid?
What is to serve as a tomb or final resting place.
200

The Great Pyramid was built during this period of ancient Egyptian history, known for pharaohs constructing massive monuments.

What is the Old Kingdom?

200
What did the laborers use to make it easier to move the heavy stones?
What is the they were placed on wooden sleds that were pulled through canals of water leading to the building.
200
This is the longest river in the world, flowing northward 4,160 miles through northeast Africa into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
200
Fill in the blank: Both Egyptain men and women wore _______ . They believed wearing this provided protection from the sun.
What is makeup. The Egyptians believed that the makeup had healing power. Eye paint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead).
300

Many pyramids have a slope that points toward this, symbolizing the pharaoh’s connection to the gods and the sun.

What is the sky or the sun?

300
True or False: The square-shaped based of the pyramid was perfectly proportioned.
What is false. The base missed being perfectly proportioned by just a few inches!
300
Name two of the rooms commonly found in a pharaoh's pyramid.
What is the queen's chamber, king's chamber, grand gallery, etc.
300
This is the name for rulers who ruled the ancient Egyptian empire.
What is pharaohs?
300
Fill in the blank: Egyptian's believed that the earth was ______ and _______ (like a pancake) and that the Nile flowed through the center of it.
What is flat and round.
400

Most Egyptian pyramids were built on this side of the Nile, where the sun rises, symbolizing rebirth and the pharaoh’s journey to the afterlife.

What is the east side?

400
What made the pyramid gleam like a mirror in the bright desert sun?
What is limestone.
400
What was the mystery regarding Pharaoh Khufu and his pyramid?
What is someone broke into Khufu's king chamber and found a stone coffin. Was Khufu ever buried there?
400

This word means “a burial place for a pharaoh or important person, often a large stone structure,” commonly used in ancient Egypt.

What is a tomb?

400
What is the only organ that was not removed during the process of mummification?
What is the heart because the Egyptians considered it to be the seat of the soul.
500

Why were the burial chambers buried deep in the pyramid and often accessible only through a secret pathway?

What is because there were grave robbers who like to steal the treasures and riches often buried with the rich pharaohs.

500

The Great Pyramid was originally built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, but it also demonstrates the Egyptians’ advanced knowledge in these two areas of study.

What are mathematics and engineering?

500
Who typically built the pyramids? How is this group different from who was once thought to have built the pyramids?
What is farmers typically were drafted to build the pyramids for months at a time. However, it was typically thought harshly treated slaves built the pyramids.
500
This is a reed growing along the Nile that was made into a writing surface that was used before paper came about.
What is papyrus?
500

The Great Pyramid was built with an estimated total of this many stone blocks, each weighing several tons.

What is about 2.3 million blocks?