Vocabulary
Pyramid.
The worlds longest river?
The Nile
The process of mummification often took these many days.
What is 40-70?
These children were not allowed to go to school?
Girls
An oval ring that usually has a name written in hieroglyphics inside?
Cartouche.
Egypt is found in this continent.
Africa
The tar-like substance that gave 'mummy' its name?
Mammia
The name of the job who was second in command after the pharaoh?
Visier
This process was used to preserve bodies previous to burial.
What is mummification?
The location of the most famous pyramids?
Giza
This naturally found mineral would be used in mummification.
What is natron?
This person inherited their parents household items?
Daughters
The stone coffin a mummy is placed inside?
Sarcophagus
This religion worships many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism
These were the only people to be mummified in the Old Kingdom.
What are pharaohs?
A person from the lower classes was most likely a...
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
The Nile flooded every year, bringing rich soil called this.
What is silt?
This cloth was used as wrapping during mummification.
What is linen?
3 activities children would do for fun?
Hunt, rag dolls, ball games, fish, wrestle
A style of writing using symbols that stood for sounds, and letters.
hieroglyphs
This object help unlock the mystery of hieroglyphs.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The organ placed inside the baboon headed canopic jar?
Lungs
An object that both rich and poor Egyptians like to wear.
Jewellery