Vocabulary
This was the name of the king of Egypt
Called the "lifeblood" of Egypt. This river helped the people of Egypt build a civilization.
What is the Nile/Nile River?
The way the Egyptians removed the brain was through this.
What is the nose?
This was the main purpose for building the pyramids.
What is to bury their pharaoh/king?
In addition to being king, Egyptians also thought that the pharaoh was this.
What is a god?
A line of rulers or leaders that lead a country from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
This is the sea on the east side of Egypt.
What is the Red Sea?
This was the main reason the Egyptians mummified people.
What is to preserve their body for the afterlife?
The Great Sphinx at Giza has the head of a pharaoh and the body of this animal.
What is a lion?
He became pharaoh at age 9 and was probably the most famous pharaoh.
Who is King Tut/Tutankhamen?
The belief in multiple gods.
What is polytheism?
This is the desert Egypt is located in.
What is the Sahara Desert?
These were the special type of jars that organs were kept in.
What are canopic jars?
Ancient Egyptians used this to get stone blocks up the pyramids.
What is a ramp?
He ruled Egypt for almost 60 years and is considered one of the greatest leaders and his name says so.
Who is Ramses the Great?
A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland along the north coast of Egypt
What is the delta/Nile delta?
This is the sea that the Nile River dumps into.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This was the type of cloth that mummies were wrapped in.
What is Linen?
This was the type of stone used to build the pyramids.
What is limestone?
She was helped by Julius Caesar to become pharaoh and was the last pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra?
These are called dangerous, fast-moving waters like waterfalls that make it hard to travel by ship on the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
This is the city where the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are.
What is Giza?
What type of salt was used during mummification?
What is Natron salt?
This is the name of the most famous burial site of Egyptian pharaohs.
What is The Valley of the Kings?
This was the name of the archeologist who discovered King Tut's tomb.
Who is Howard Carter?