Deities and Dynasties
This famous Egyptian queen was the last ruler of Ancient Egypt before it became part of the Roman Empire.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
This process preserved bodies so they would be ready for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
This annual event brought nutrient-rich black silt to the riverbanks, allowing Egyptian farmers to grow abundant crops.
What is the flooding (or inundation) of the Nile?
This ancient Egyptian writing system used pictorial symbols to represent sounds, objects, and ideas.
What are hieroglyphics?
The title given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt.
What is a pharoah?
The period between the Old and New Kingdoms, when Egypt was often divided and unstable, is known as this.
What is an Intermediate Period?
In the Hall of Ma'at, the heart of the deceased was weighed against this object to determine if they were worthy of entering the afterlife.
What is the feather of truth?
This tall reed plant growing along the Nile was harvested to make paper, sandals, ropes, and boats.
What is papyrus?
This famous dark stone slab, discovered in 1799, contained the same decree written in three different scripts, allowing scholars to finally crack the hieroglyphic code.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The period known as the Old Kingdom is famous for the construction of these massive tombs.
What are pyramids?
The jackal-headed god of embalming and the dead who guided souls through the underworld.
Who is Anubis?
Embalmers left this organ inside the body because it was believed to be the center of intelligence and emotion, needed for the final judgment.
What is the heart?
The Nile flows in this direction, emptying into the Mediterranean Sea, which is why "Upper Egypt" is actually located in the south.
What is north?
This oval-shaped border or loop enclosed the hieroglyphic name of a pharaoh or deity and would serve as protection.
What is an amulet?
This group made up the largest and lowest class of the Egyptian social pyramid, working the fields and building public monuments.
Who are farmers (or peasants)?
The "boy king" whose intact tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, revealing immense wealth.
Who is King Tutankhamun?
These special jars, often shaped like the heads of gods, were used to store the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines of the deceased.
What are canopic jars?
This ancient hand-operated device used a long pole, bucket, and counterweight to lift water from the Nile into irrigation canals.
What is a shaduf?
These highly respected professional writers and record-keepers spent years training to read and write the complex Egyptian scripts.
What are scribes?
Ancient Egyptians often placed food, jewellery and other goods in tombs because they believed these would be needed in this place.
What is the afterlife?
This god was believed to guide the sun through the underworld each night.
Who is Ra?
This collection of magical spells and papyrus scrolls served as a guide to help the deceased navigate the dangers of the underworld.
What is the Book of the Dead?
This marshy, triangular area of fertile land at the mouth of the Nile River was named after a Greek letter because of its shape.
What is the Nile Delta?
This cursive script, meaning "priestly writing," was developed alongside hieroglyphics for rapid, everyday administrative and religious writing on papyrus.
What is Hieratic?
This sweet, sticky substance was the primary sweetener in ancient Egypt, as sugar cane was not yet grown there.
What is honey?