King Tut
Who funded the search of King Tut?
Lord Carnarvon
The name of the river that runs through Egypt
the Nile
The King of Egypt is called the
Pharaoh
How long does the total mummification process take, from start to finish?
70 days
Sarcophagus
a stone coffin
What was King Tut's dad's name?
Akhenaten
These people prepare bodies for the burial
Embalmers or Priests
This part of the body was thrown out as the ancient Egyptians felt it had no use in mummification
the brain
The Nile god was named
H'apy
The type of writing the ancient Egyptians used
hieroglyphics
What year did Carter discover King Tut's tomb?
1922
The desert that runs through Egypt is called
The Sahara desert
These statues were said to work for the dead in the afterlife
shabtis or ushabtis
This god ruled the Kingdom of the Dead
Osiris
A ceremonial boat the ancient Egyptians paraded a statue of a god on through the town
barque
Why was the discovery of the tomb so important?
Only intact tomb and it tells us a lot about ancient Egypt
The finger-shaped marshy area in lower Egypt is called
the delta
The season of emergence, when planting happens, is called
Piruit
The worship of many gods is called
Polytheism
A plant that grows along the Nile. The ancient Egyptians made many things from it.
papyrus
The four room of King Tut's tomb were
The treasury, burial chamber, antechamber, annexe
The large lake that is attached to the Nile
Lake Victoria
This tool raises water from the Nile into irrigation canals
shaduf
Isis
The layers of the mummy were glued together with
resin