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King Tut and the Great Pharaohs of Egypt-Field Trip TIME!!! (Virtual Tour…
King Tut and the Great Pharaohs of Egypt-Field Trip TIME!!!
quesions
Giza is located just outside what Ancient City?
Memphis,
How many blocks were used building the pyramids?
2,300,000
When did construction begin on the pyramids?
4,500 years ago
What is a Necropolis? Why are the Pyramids referred to that way?
a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city.
List two purposes of the pyramids.
built as tombs for the pharaohs and to leave a legacy of their power.
What materials were used in building the pyramids?
Pyramids were primarily built with limestone.
How many years did it take to build them?
20
Who is Howard Carter (google)
was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb
Virtual Tour of the Great Pyramids.
The queen room looks like a house shaped
There was a well shaft is where u get into the pyramid
in the queen room they would study stars
people thought the bottom was a tomb
They had ventilate shafts
at the bottom of the passage where the soals went
The plugs weighed 15 tones
There is a passage that goes hundreds of feet down
in the gallery the height. of the room is 25 to 28 feet tall
They had to drop his tomb in the top of the pyramid
Mummy Maker
They cut out the brain
if they don't prepare the body it will rot
The organs will be bared
They had to prepare the body for the tomb
They keep the heart and keep it inside of them
Ramses II
His older brother died when Ramses was around 14 years old
Ramses died in 1213 BC
At the age of fifteen Ramses was the Prince of Egypt.
Ramses grew up in the royal court of Egypt
He also got married to his two main wives.
Darius I and the Rise of Persia
Darius I was a great ruler that united his country into a major empire.
great rulermajor empire
Darius I was defeated at the Battle of Marathon by the Athenian Army.
battle of marathon Athenian
Darius I is an important figure in a biblical story
biblical story Darius
walk like an Egyptian
The political order of Egypt around 3200 BC was based on wealthy farmers who emerged as leaders.
Wealthy farmers leaders egypt
The factor contributed most to the growth of trade in the New Kingdom on Egypt's conquest of distant lands.
New kingdom distant lands
Memphis was the capital of Egypt from 2950 BC to 2180 BC. Some historians estimate that, during its peak, Memphis was the largest city in the world
Memphis capital large city
King Tut and the Great Pharaohs of Egypt
. The Great Sphinx and Stonehenge are similar due to both being megaliths and it is one of the largest stone sculptures in the world.
largest stone sculptures in the world
The Great Sphinx guards the Great Pyramid and is a human head on a lion's body.
great pyramid human head
King Tut's tomb is in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt. This was where the Pharaohs and powerful nobles were buried for around 500 years during the history of Ancient Egypt.
valley of kings luxor
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife such as King Tut's tomb actually having board games in it.
tut's tomb board games
While King Tut is the most well known of the Pharaohs, Ramses II was the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt
Ramses ll ancient egypt