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Directions: Identify the purpose of the following documents. Use the guided questions as your guide
Document 5: Diagram of the Great Pyramid at Giza
Document 4: Photograph of the Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Giza
Note: The Granite was sourced from approximately 900 km away, with the
limestone coming from various quarries approximately 5-50 km away.
Foreground: The Great Sping of Giza, estimated to have been built around 2540
BCE. Archeologists think the face was modeled on the appearance of Pharaoh
Khrafre, while the structure was in keeping of Egyptian worship of the Sun.
Background: The Great Pyramid of Giza, estimated to be built around 2560 BCE. It
was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, Khrafre's father.
The Great Pyramid
At Gina
Key to Materials
Fine Limestone
Limestone
Soil
Granite
Air
Note: The Pyramid Complex were 8 km from the Nile and 12 km from the nearest
major city.
Kings
Chame
Grand Gallery
erance
Queen's Chamber
Subterranean it
Purpose:
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