Egypt Movie questions

“The Lost Pyramid Movie Questions”

Directions: Watch the movie and answer the questions on this sheet of paper. When the movie is over post the answers in your blog.

1. Name one of the pharaohs who built the pyramids in Giza? Khufu
2. What is the pyramid an ultimate symbol of? Immortality
3. Why are the pyramids regarded as one of mans greatest achievements? Because of the architecture and because they were hand made
4. Why was the lost pyramid very difficult to visit? Because it is in a very secure military a base
5. Why was Abu Rawash a good location even with the inhospitable conditions? It over sees the whole valley
6. How did the pharaoh who supposedly built the pyramid at Abu Rawash gain power? He slaughtered his way to power
7. What have been found at Abu Rawash that give clues to it being built by Jadhifri? Because they found statues of him
8. What is at Saqqara? The site of the lost pyramid
9. Prior to pyramids how were pharaoh’s buried? In a Mustapha
10. What do tunnels tell about what pyramids were meant to be? The palace for the pharaoh to live in the afterlife
11. Were does the burial chamber lie in relation to the pyramid? In the middle
12. What does Abu Rawash have that makes it seem to be a pyramid? The cause ways
13. Why did a Robbers hole give evidence that Abu Rawash had a burial chamber? Because robbers broke in the burial chamber to steal the pharaoh’s gold and jews
14. What kind of blocks helped seal the burial chamber? granite
15. In the early 19oo’s what did the French Egyptologist find that was different from other pyramids? he was the first person to see Jadhifri
16. Who does Jadhifri marry, that lends credence to a theory that he killed his brother? The widow of the dead pharaoh, who was his own sister
17. What have archaeologist attempting to figure out about Abu Rawash? If there was a pyramid or a solar temple there
18. What are the two functions of the causeway at Abu Rawash? For the supplies to come from the quarry and it serves as the passageway for the afterlife
19. How did the Egyptians orient their pyramids? They built it out of lime stone
20. Why was the Causeway not a normal east West causeway? Because of the terrain
21. What does the Causeway lead to? it leads to the afterlife
22. What role does the Nile River play in the building of Pyramids? It transported the rocks from the different quarries
23. What had to be built close to the pyramid for the workers? A workers village
24. What types of people lived in the working towns? The workers
25. How did the Egyptians figure out to cut Granite? They used copper and sand
26. How was Granite used at Abu Rawash to show power and wealth? Because it stands out
27. Why do archaeologist want to rethink Jadhifiri’s accomplishments with his pyramid? Because of the angle in which it stood
28. What is the mystery of the sphinx? How have historians changed their view?
Bears the image of Caufre and it changed the view because the images do not match