lost pyramid 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? power
3. Why are the pyramids regarded as one of mans greatest achievements? They take a while to build and there hard to build.
4. Why was the lost pyramid very difficult to visit? Only ruins exist
5. Why was Abu Rawash a good location even with the inhospitable conditions? It has another pyramid
6. How did the pharaoh who supposedly built the pyramid at Abu Rawash gain power? murder
7. What have been found at Abu Rawash that give clues to it being built by Jadhifri? It has a closer connection to him.
8. What is at Saqqara? Site of Egypt oldest pyramid
9. Prior to pyramids how were pharaoh’s buried? They were put in a mustava
10. What do tunnels tell about what pyramids were meant to be? They are the corroders of a palace and his tomb in the after life.
11. Were does the burial chamber lie in relation to the pyramid? Six steps going to heaven.
12. What does Abu Rawash have that makes it seem to be a pyramid? It has the same structure as a pyramid
13. Why did a Robbers hole give evidence that Abu Rawash had a burial chamber? It shows that they are great robbers
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? Destroyed statues
16. Who does Jadhifri marry, that lends credence to a theory that he killed his brother? His sister
17. What have archaeologist attempting to figure out about Abu Rawash?
18. What are the two functions of the causeway at Abu Rawash? Path to after life, main route to the construction site.
19. How did the Egyptians orient their pyramids? Runs north to south
20. Why was the Causeway not a normal east West causeway?
21. What does the Causeway lead to? A carrie
22. What role does the Nile River play in the building of Pyramids? They transported granite
23. What had to be built close to the pyramid for the workers?
24. What types of people lived in the working towns? Craftsmen
25. How did the Egyptians figure out to cut Granite?
26. How was Granite used at Abu Rawash to show power and wealth? They polished granite
27. Why do archaeologist want to rethink Jadhifiri’s accomplishments with his pyramid?
28. What is the mystery of the sphinx? How have historians changed their view?
It’s a path going around the spinx. The spinx was made during jahdifri’s pharaoh.