The huge stone pyramids at Giza were raised for Egypt's rulers during the Old Kingdom, roughly 4,500 years ago. What were they built to be?

Egyptian builders placed almost all of their pyramids and royal tombs on one particular side of the Nile. Which side did they choose?

What material makes up the great mass of the pyramids at Giza?

A Mesopotamian ziggurat and an Egyptian pyramid were both enormous stepped or sloping structures. What was a ziggurat used for?

During the New Kingdom, Egypt's rulers stopped building pyramids for themselves. Where were they buried instead?

This huge carved stone figure guards the pyramids at Giza. What is it called?

Egyptian artists drew people on tomb and temple walls in one steady way for centuries. How was a standing figure normally shown?

In an Egyptian wall painting, one figure is drawn far larger than everyone else in the same scene. What did that difference in size usually signal?

What did Egyptian tomb painters most often show on the walls of a tomb chamber?

Egyptians set up pairs of these tall stone pillars at the entrances of their great temples. What is this monument called?

The great temple at Karnak contains a hall packed with rows of massive stone columns standing close together. What job did those columns do?

Egyptian scribes wrote on sheets of papyrus. Where did papyrus come from?

Centuries of trade and contact along the Nile carried Egyptian customs south into Kush. What did Kushite rulers take up from Egypt?

Egyptian traders sailed to the eastern Mediterranean coast, in what is now Lebanon. What did Egypt mainly import from there?

Egyptian trading expeditions traveled up the Nile to Kush, the land to Egypt's south. What goods did they bring back from there?

What kinds of goods did Egypt itself produce in surplus and send out to its trading partners?

The Nile's current carries boats north, while the wind over Egypt usually blows from the north. How did Egyptian traders use this pattern?

In the time when the pyramids were built, how did Egyptians normally settle a trade?

Egyptian artists followed many of the same rules for drawing and carving figures for thousands of years.

Egypt's pyramid builders needed enormous amounts of limestone. Where did most of that limestone come from?