The first ruler to unite upper and lower Egypt into one kingdom (during the pre-dynastic period).
Who is King Narmer, also known as Menes?
100
The god of embalming and mummification (has the head of a dog).
Who is Anubis?
100
Pendants or charms carried or worn to bring a person protection from the gods and good luck.
What are amulets?
100
The name of the four jars that held the internal organs of the dead after mummification.
What are canopic jars?
100
The number of royal mummies found hidden in an unmarked tomb in Luxor. The famous "cache" includes the mummy of Ramses II.
What is over 50?
200
A son of Khufu who built the second largest pyramid at Giza.
Who was Khafre?
200
The god for whom the pharaoh is the living incarnation.
Who is Horus?
200
The name of the hairstyle worn by young Egyptian boys.
What is the sidelock of youth?
200
A type of tomb that pre-dates the first true pyramid.
What is a mastaba?
200
The type of technology being used to scan King Tut's tomb for hidden chambers.
What is high resolution thermal imaging?
300
Female pharaoh who ruled as a man in the New Kingdom.
Who was Hatshepsut?
300
The goddess who gathered the pieces of Osiris and put them back together so that he could rise from the dead.
Who is Isis?
300
The stele inscribed by Ptolemy V in the hieratic, Demotic and Greek languages that allowed hieroglyphs to finally be translated.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
The first pyramid designed by the architect Imhotep for King Djoser.
What is the step pyramid at Saqqara?
300
The region that Queen Hatshepsut supposedly sent a famous trading expedition to, although it is unclear where it was or if it ever existed.
What is the land of Punt?
400
Akenhaten's father, also known as the first great diplomat.
Who was Amenhotep III?
400
The goddess that eats the soul of the dead if their heart weighs more than the feather of Ma'at. She is a combination of a lion, a crocodile and a hippo.
Who is Ammut?
400
A popular board game, several of which were buried with King Tut.
What is senet?
400
The mysterious pharaoh who succeeded Akenhaten, thought by some to be Queen Nefertiti.
What is Smenkhkare?
500
Ruler of the largest empire in Egyptian history, also known as the "Napoleon of Egypt" after his military campaign against Mitanni.
What was Thutmose III or Tuthmosis III?
500
The god of the rising and setting sun, who is said to die each night, journey through the underworld and be reborn the next day.
What is Ra (or later Amun-Ra)?
500
Miniature figurines buried with the dead to act as servants in the afterlife.
What are ushabtis or shabtis?
500
A collection of writing, including spells, buried with the dead to help them on their journey to the afterlife.