1. Red Pyramid
By: Emily Felitsky
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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