De Nile is River in Egypt
Ancient Egypt developed along the banks of what river?
Nile River
The Egyptians built huge, stone tombs for the pharaohs called...
pyramids
The ancient Egyptians called their rulers..
Pharaoh
Cartouche
This was a lever used to move water from the river to fields
shadouf
What is the name of the triangular area of land with very fertile soil at the mouth of the Nile?
The Delta
The bodies of dead pharaohs were preserved for the afterlife through the process called...
mummification
The pharaohs claimed to be descended from the gods, and some said they were actually a form of this god...
Ra or Re
Egyptians wrote on paper made from reeds and called...
papyrus
The Egyptian economy was based on what 2 activities?
If one were to travel a few miles away from the Nile, all of the land would be ..
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for this pharaoh
Khufu
A woman
Egyptian writing was a symbolic system known as...
Hieroglyphics
This Egyptian god controlled the underworld and had the head of a jackal
Anubis
Because the Nile provided food, water, and transportation, making life in Egypt possible, Egypt's nickname is...
The Gift of the Nile
King Tut's tomb was important for archaeologists and historians because...
The name "Pharaoh" actually means this...
Great House
For a time, no one could read hieroglyphics until this object was discovered, written in Greek and Hieroglyphics.
Scribes
The Nile is unusual because it flows in what direction?
North
In order to get to the afterlife, Egyptians believed your heart must be lighter than this...
A feather
Who owned all the land in Egypt?
The pharaoh
This Frenchman was the first in modern times to figure out how to read hieroglyphics.
Jean Champollion
How did Lord Carnarvon die?
An infected mosquito bite...or a curse