Ancient Egyptian questions, history homework help

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QUESTION 1

  1. During the 5th and 6th Dynasties, high ranking officials who ruled over remote areas were able to request the best and highest ranking royal artists from the capital cities to come and decorate their tombs.

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QUESTION 2

  1. According to our text, after Pepy II’s reign, the one centralized power collapsed and eventually reformed around what two central cities?

    Thebes and Memphis

    Giza and Herakleopolis

    Memphis and Giza

    Thebes and Herakleopolis

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QUESTION 3

  1. Figures were positioned differently in front of offerings on funerary stelae. Describe the differences between those positions depicted in the Old Kingdom versus the First Intermediate period.

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QUESTION 4

  1. In pre-unification Theban relief style (the final stage of Upper Egyptian style), which of these is NOT a way in which facial features were represented?

    A black band encircles the eye

    The nose and ears are smaller and more delicate

    A cosmetic line runs from the corner of the eye to the ear

    The lips are thick and protruding

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QUESTION 5

  1. What was one of the most distinctive characteristic of the mature male figure in the First Intermediate Period?

    Rolls of fat

    Broad shoulders

    Feet positioned together

    Increased musculature

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QUESTION 6

  1. This relief fragment depicts one of the many wives of ________________, and is one of the only surviving pieces from his funerary complex at Deir el-Bahri.

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QUESTION 7

  1. On a (stolen) statue in king Nebhepetra Montuhotep’s temple, the side of the throne is decorated with asema tawyemblem. What did this symbolize?

    The King smiting foreigners

    Unification of two lands

    The spirit moving from ba to ka

    Rebirth from the lotus

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QUESTION 8

  1. The highly colored stelae of Inhurnakht and his wife had several characteristics typical of the First Intermediate Period. This comes from the ___________________ cemetery in Upper Egypt

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QUESTION 9

  1. It is strongly believed that this pharaoh help reunite Ancient Egypt:

    King Pepy II

    King Nebhepetra Montuhotep

    Many Herakleopolis kings contributed

    King Senwosret I

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QUESTION 10

  1. Based upon the layout of the offerings of this funerary stela of Maaty, would this be considered to be First Intermediate Period or Middle Kingdom?

    First Intermediate Period

    Middle Kingdom

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QUESTION 11

  1. At the dawn of Middle Kingdown, a new type of statue was introduced. Known as the ____________ statue, the figure is seated on the ground with knees drawn up to the chest and is wrapped in a tightly fitted garment.

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QUESTION 12

  1. In the Middle Kingdom, the interior of coffins would often have a _________________ at the north end of the east side, that the deceased would face while laying on their left side.

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QUESTION 13

  1. This piece of jewelry is featured in our text and was highly valued to the precious stones that had to be procured outside of Egypt.. Match the precious stone to the area that it has to be obtained from:

    Turquoise

    Carnelian

    White lapis lazuli

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QUESTION 18

  1. The lotus flower was considered a symbol of:

    Fertility

    Re-birth

    Reunification

    Smiting

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QUESTION 19

  1. This wand or stick contains protective animals and is found in our textbook.

    The figure of Ipi has limbs of a lion, but a head of a:

    Snake

    Crocodile

    Frog

    Hippopotamus