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1 Red Pyramid By: Emily Felitsky p.1

2 Who built the Red Pyramid? When?
- Pharaoh Snefru - in 2600 B.C.

3 What is the height of the red pyramid?
341 feet 344 feet What is the height of the red pyramid? feet tall

4 - There is 1 burial chamber
How many Of the burial chambers does the red pyramid have? How was it accessed? - There is 1 burial chamber - It is accessed through 2 smaller chambers

5 Great sphinx

6 Describe the head of the sphinx.
- It has the body of a lion and a head of a man

7 Describe three types of Egyptian sphinx.
- Androsphinx: body of a lion head of a man - Criosphinx: body of a lion head of a ram - Hieracosphinx: body of a lion head of a hawk

8 What is the location of the great sphinx?
-Giza Plateau, bordering the Sahara Desert -West of the Nile -Near modern-day Cairo

9 The great sphinx is as tall as what size building?
-A 6 story building

10 Which pharaoh is the great sphinx closest to?
- Pharaoh Khafre

11 What is the great sphinx carved out of?
- Limestone bedrock

12 What direction does the great sphinx face? Why?
-East -Facing the sunrise - at sunset

13 For centuries how much of the sphinx was buried in sand
For centuries how much of the sphinx was buried in sand? When was it dug out? -The Great Sphinx whole body was covered up to his chin -It was dug out in 1925

14 Describe the length, width and the height of the great sphinx.
-260 feet long -20 feet wide

15 How long are the paws? How long is the head?
-The paws are 50 feet long -the head is 30 feet long and 14 feet wide

16 What are the two thing the face is missing?
-The beard -The nose

17 Describe two reasons why the Great sphinx Can not be dated.
-It was made out of rock -There is no old Egyptian texts

18 Describe four reasons why there is so much mystery surrounding the great sphinx.
-Why is it so big -People believe the head was originally a lion -The mouth wares a smile -The eyes gaze out far with a look intense an profound thoughtfulness


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