Pyramids Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• religious : most pyramidions have been lost over time, but there are a few surviving examples in museums. these specimens reveal that pyramidions were carved with _ imagery.
• sedimentary : when the ancient egyptian pyramids were originally erected, both in giza and else where, they didn't look sandy brown as they often do today; rather, they were covered in a layer of shiny _ rock.
• great pyramid : the _ _ — also called khufu's pyramid after the pharaoh khufu, who commissioned it during his reign (circa 2551b.c. to 2528 b.c.) — is the largest and oldest of all the standing pyramids in giza.
• capstones : there's nothing at the top of the giza pyramids today, but originally they hosted _ —also called pyramidions — covered in electrum, a mix of gold and silver.
• jewels : the pyramidions would have looked like pointy _ at the tips of the pyramids.
• pharaohs : raised to mark the tombs of ancient _ , these great structures have stood for thousands of years.
• white : the limestone casing would have given the pyramids a smooth, polished layer that shined bright _ under the egyptian sun.
• red : the third and smallest of the three main pyramids in giza, the pyramid of menkaure — named after the pharaoh menkaure, who reigned circa 2490 b.c. to 2472 b.c.— also sported _ granite casing around its lower echelons.
• giza : the egyptian pyramids erupting from the sands at _ are a testament to human ingenuity and engineering.