Terms
Temples used to store bodies of pharaohs
Pyramids
Became pharaoh when he was 9 years old
King Tut
It is 4000 miles long.
The Nile River
Only organ that is not taken out during mummification
Heart
Name the two kingdoms of ancient Egypt - they were once unified.
Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt
An Egyptian plant whose reeds are slit and placed in layers in order to form a paper
Papyrus
His pyramid was "Great"
Khufu
Egypt is on this continent.
Africa
This process took the Egyptians 70 days.
Mummification
Group of people at bottom of social pyramid.
Slaves, Farmers, Peasants (any one of these is acceptable as an answer).
A person's life force - not their "ba" the other one!
ka
First female pharaoh, she loved the fake beard!
Queen Hatshepsut
A triangular piece of rich land at the mouth of a river.
Delta
The organs were put into these "special" jars. Each had the head of a different figure.
Canopic Jars
The type of stone used to build the pyramids. Hint- Unis Ankh's mastaba was made out of it.
Limestone
Ancient Egyptian writing
Hieroglyphs
She once loved Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
Rapids that break up the flow of the Nile River.
Cataracts (waterfalls)
This tool was used to remove the brain.
A hook.
This was the first capital of ancient Egypt.
Memphis
Mixture of soil and small rocks
Silt
The "Mummy who would be King" - sold to a museum in Canada eventually returned to Egypt.
Rameses I
The Nile River flows into this sea.
Mediterranean Sea
God of the dead; "helped" mummify bodies.
Anubis
Egypt was called the "_ _ _ _" of the Nile."
"gift"