Pharaohs
What is one reason why people remember King Tut?
-Was pharaoh at a young age
-Tomb was found intact
-Mystery surrounding his death
This was the first pyramid built.
Step Pyramid (Djoser's Pyramid)
This is the Ancient Egyptian form of writing.
Hieroglyphics
What continent is Egypt found in?
Africa
Ra was the Egyptian god of this?
The sun
King Khufu had which structure built?
The Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)
This structure has the head of a human and the body of a lion.
Sphinx
This is a paper-like substance that Ancient Egyptians created.
Papyrus
What river ran through Egypt that helped their civilization grow?
The Nile River
The Ancient Egyptian god of the underworld was?
Osiris
Who was the first female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
Why were pyramids built?
As tombs for pharaohs
Mummies were put into what kind of Egyptian coffin?
Sarcophagus
This location (city) is home to the Great Pyramid?
Giza
Which Ancient Egyptian god was in charge of embalming, funerals, and death?
Anubis
King Menes is remembered for uniting what?
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
King Tut's tomb, along with many others, were found in this location?
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
We are able to translate hieroglyphics because of what found item?
The Rosetta Stone
Name at least one capitol of Egypt.
-Memphis
-Thebes
-Cairo
This was the god of the sky.
Horus
This Egyptian king is known as the last great pharaoh.
Ramses the Great
There have been roughly how many pyramids found in Egypt?
100
(118 Exact)
How many kingdoms do historians break Ancient Egypt into?
Three (Old, Middle, New)
Ancient Egypt was surrounded by two seas, what is one of those seas?
-Mediterranean Sea
-Red Sea
This was the goddess of magic and marriage.
Isis