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Obelisks, Temples and Pyramids

Obelisks, Temples and Pyramids
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  • Obelisks, Temples and Pyramids
  • Duration: 4:33
  • Jamie Theakston travels to the huge religious complex of Karnak in Egypt to look at its obelisk. It was built for Queen Hatchepsut to celebrate her 16th year as a pharoah, and transported to Karnak by boat. Jamie continues to the pyramids at Giza to find out more about the link between pyramids, obelisks and temples. This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    History

       Topic:

    Egyptians

  • Keywords: obelisk, pyramid, Queen Hatshepsut,temple, Karnak, Giza, chamber, worship, largest pyramid, sarcophacus, subtitled.
Ideas for use in class
  • Watch the clip without sound and ask the children how they brought these blocks of stones from Aswan to Karnak.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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