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Can you spell?
100
There are examples of the first engaged columns, attached to the walls here.
What are the sham buildings of the Funerary Complex at Saqqara?
100
In these tomb structures, the burial chamber was above ground
What is the Mastaba and the Stepped Pyramid
100
Only if this organ was "as light as a feather of truth" would Osiris receive its owner into an afterlife
What is the heart?
100
In the mummification process, this organ was considered useless and pulled out and thrown away
What is the brain?
100
Amarna Period pharoah's son
Tutankhamun
200
This is an example of a low relief found on a tomb wall, where the deceased is seen from profile and water is seen from above. He is hunting.
What is Ti and Hippo Hunt
200
The taller columns of a Hypostyle Hall created this, which allowed circulation of air and some light to enter the space
What is a Clerestory?
200
The art of ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom) was a sacred art that celebrated this god reincarnated in a man
Who is the Sun God, Ra?
200
Artists made the sizes of each part of the human figure according to an established canon using this unit
What is the closed fist?
200
Type of glass developed during Middle Kingdom
Faience
300
This is an example of sunken relief
What is the Family Portrait of Akhenaten?
300
The Egyptian pyramid evolved from this low rectangular burial structure
What is a mastaba?
300
Symbols of Lower and Upper Egypt found on the Palette of Narmer
What were papyrus plants, intertwined feline monsters, and the crowns he wears?
300
This is the type of structure that inspired the Washington Monument
What is an obelisk?
300
She was wife to 'he who acts on behalf of Aten'
Nefertiti
400
A dramatic procession of long ramps and terraces lead to this sanctuary and shrine
What is Hatshepsut's Funerary Temple?
400
This type of couryard was bordered by rows of columns
What is a peristyle court?
400
Men were usually portrayed with these, in addition to headdress, a skirt, clenched fists, and red-skinned
What is a false beard (accessory)
400
Interior walls and ceilings of wealthy tombs were painted to provide this with pleasant living quarters
What is the ka?
400
Careworn face of this pharoah is legendary
Senusret II
500
In this sculpture, Horus wraps his wings around a particularly stoic Old Kingdom King
What is Khafre?
500
This is a name for the farthest, most sacred room at the temples at Karnak and Luxor
What is a sanctuary, a.k.a. Holy of Holies?
500
Temples and Cities of the Dead were sited along East/West in relation to this
What is the movement of the sun?
500
This was the philosophy governing the images from the Amarna Period
What is "truth in Maat"?
500
Son of Queen Tiye
Akhenaten