Question 2, Test 1

The topic and period that interested me the most was the The Old Kingdom in Egypt and the mysteries that it brought. Within this period the Great Pyramids were created as well as the Giant Sphinx and stone carvings of Khafre, and Menkaure and a Queen. I found the mystery of how these giant carvings and pyramids were created intriguing as to this day they are still in very good shape and were created with very basic tools and no machinery to move the giant pieces of stone. With the sphinx also comes a mystery as to who the face on the giant sphinx is supposed to be. However most evidence points towards it being Khafra. Egyptian culture has always intrigued me and the Old Kingdom holds the most iconic egyptian examples of architecture. Some things that I was very curious about and have been very interested in are how the Sphinx and pyramids were built as well as how the mummification process was done. The pyramids were built through the use of slaves who would pull large slabs of stone on logs so they would roll and slowly build up the pyramid. The Sphinx was built with ancient tools, more than likely a hammer and chisel and was very skillfully built. As to the mummification process, when a pharaoh died they would take the body and take out the organs and preserve them for use in the afterlife. The liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were taken out and put in jars, while the heart was left inside the body so it could be weighed in the next step in the afterlife process.