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Question | Answer |
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Mastaba | Flat mud- brick tomb |
Step Pyramid | Six stone mastabas on top of each other |
Bent Pyramid | The angle of the ascent of the sides were too steep so they bent the top in |
Obelisk | Tall free-standing stone pillar with pyramid-liked top |
Sphinx | Statue with head of human & body of a lion. It guarded the Great Pyramid and the other two pyramids |
Giza | Location of the 3 pyramids including The Great Pyramid |
The Great Pyramid | Khufu's tomb made of 2 and 1/2 million granite blocks each weighing 2 and 1/2 tons. It is only surviving wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
Karnak | Temple dedicated to Amon with 120 stone curly- horned ram- headed sphinxes holding statues of Ramses the Great in their paws |
Luxor | Temple dedicated to Amon |
Abu Simbel | Temple built by Ramses the Great outside the temple each measuring 67 feet in height |
Grid System | Squares used for different parts of the body in a painting |
"Serene Aloofness" | Expression astatue's face of peaceful distance |