The Afterlife
What was the afterlife?
Somewhere where the Egyptians believed you went after you died.
Who would do the mummification process on bodies?
Priests
Name four things that the Ancient Egyptians put in a tomb.
Jewelry, games, food, chariots, clothes, and boats.
The god Anubis had the head of what?
A jackal
What was the river that Ran through Ancient Egypt called?
The Nile River
What side of the Nile River would the Ancient Egyptians build their pyramids on?
West
What was the special salt called that the Ancient Egyptians put on mummies?
Natron
Which Pharoh's tomb was believed to be cursed?
Tutankhamen
To visit the living when you were dead, you had to do what?
Get your heart weighed by the God Anubis.
What was Egypt located in that made it hard to invade?
A desert
Who was the God of the Afterlife?
Anubis
What four body parts did the Ancient Egyptians take out and put into jars?
Brain, liver, intestines, and the lungs.
The brain, liver, intestines, and lungs would be kept in what?
Jars
What would Anubis compare the heart to?
A feather
What was used to make paper in Ancient Egypt?
Papyrus.
Why would the Ancient Egyptians put the pyramids on the west side of the river?
That was where the sun set.
What cloth was wrapped around the mummy before being put into a coffin?
Linen
What would the Ancient Egyptians mummify inside their tombs?
Some of their servants and pets.
True or False: If your heart weighed less than a feather, they got to transform into spirits to visit the living
True
True or False: The Ancient Egyptians thought black cats were unlucky
False
True or False: The Ancient Egyptians just built a pyramid to bury a Pharoh.
False
Name the four parts of the mummification process
Priests would clean the body and put it on a table, then remove the brain, liver, intestines, and lungs. Then they would clean the body once more, wrap it in linen, then put i in the coffin.
What was the Ancient Egyptians writing called
Hieroglyphs
The eater of the dead was a combination of what three animals?
Lion, Hippo, and Crocodile.
Pharoh, Government officials, priests, scribes, Artisans, peasants, and slaves