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1. The Nile
Fill the gaps. Use the lines.
The Nile flows from south to __________.
The flood left black __________ on the fields.
Boats were like __________.
The red land was the __________.
2. Who is it?
1. I am the king of the biggest pyramid at Giza.
2. I am a woman and a pharaoh. My temple is at Deir el-Bahri.
3. I became king as a child. My tomb was found nearly full.
4. I am a queen with a colourful tomb. My husband built Abu Simbel.
5. I planned the Step Pyramid for King Djoser.
3. Match the god
Draw a line from the name to the job.
- Thoth
- Bastet
- Ra
- Anubis
- Isis
- The sun
- Care and mothers
- Writing
- Cats and home
- Looking after the dead
4. Put the ages in order
Write 1 to 6. Start with the oldest.
- New Kingdom
- Early days
- Ptolemaic time
- Middle Kingdom
- Late Period
- Old Kingdom
5. Practice shapes
Copy each shape. These are simple practice marks, not a full alphabet.
Sun
a circle with a smaller circle inside
Water
three wavy lines
House
a rectangle with a door gap
Mouth
a wide oval
Eye
an eye shape with a brow
Reed
a tall plant with a top bend
6. Hieroglyph map
Read the map. Then fill the lines.
North, by the sea
Near the sea
The Rosetta Stone was found in the delta. The same words appear in three scripts.
Saqqara
Pyramid Texts are spells carved inside a pyramid.
Karnak at Thebes
Huge temple walls are covered in hieroglyphs.
Valley of the Kings
Tomb walls and painted rooms keep names and stories.
South, at Thebes. The blue line is the Nile.
Picture signs on walls are called __________.
The Rosetta Stone was found near the __________.
Spells inside a pyramid are called the Pyramid __________.
A huge temple covered in signs stands at __________.
Papyrus is a kind of __________ made from a reed.
7. Pyramid building map
The map shows pyramid places from north to south. Then read how people explain the huge rocks.
North, toward the sea
Giza
Three big pyramids and the Sphinx. A workers' village sat nearby.
Saqqara
The Step Pyramid. Unas has writing inside his pyramid.
Dahshur
The Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid.
Meidum
An early pyramid. It looks like a tower now.
South, toward Nubia. The blue line is the Nile.
The three famous pyramids stand at __________.
The Step Pyramid stands at __________.
Boats used the __________ to carry stones.
A slope that may have lifted stones is called a __________.
Clues we can visit
Stones were cut in a quarry. Boats carried them on the Nile. On land, people pulled sleds. Wet sand helps a sled slide. Ramps of brick and earth may have lifted stones up the sides. The village at Giza had homes, food, and bakeries.
Theory: frequency
Some people think a special sound, called a frequency, made the huge rocks easier to move, or even lifted them. That is a theory. No old tool or diary has been found that shows it.
Theory: giants
Some people think giants carried the rocks. Stories about giants are told in many lands. At Giza the clues fit ordinary workers. We have not found giant bones that prove this idea.
Which idea matches the workers' village?
Name the two theories about moving the rocks.
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Answer page for helpers
- Nile: north, soil, roads, desert.
- Who is it: Khufu, Hatshepsut, Tutankhamun, Nefertari, Imhotep.
- Gods: Thoth writing, Bastet cats and home, Ra the sun, Anubis the dead, Isis care and mothers.
- Order: Early days, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Late Period, Ptolemaic time.
- Hieroglyphs: hieroglyphs, sea or delta, Texts, Karnak or Thebes, paper or sheet.
- Pyramid map: Giza, Saqqara, Nile, ramp.
- Moving rocks: the village matches workers, sleds, boats, and ramps. The two theories are frequency and giants.