Pharaohs
Who was daughter of Thutmose I, wife of Thutmose II, and regent to Thutmose III, before becoming pharaoh? (page 292 EH)
Hatshepsut
What was Egyptian paper made from? (page 298 EH)
papyrus
What was the name of the ancient text about the afterlife? (pp. 299 E.H.)
The Book of the Dead
Who was god of the underworld and both brother and husband of Isis? (pp. 285)
Osiris
What landcover makes up more than 90 per cent of Egypt? (page 293 EH)
desert
What pharaoh took her own life, as did her boyfriend Marc Anthony, rather than surrender to the Romans?
Cleopatra VII
What's the name of the stone casing that held the coffins of royals like Tutankhamen? (page 287 EH)
sarcophagus
What was the Egyptian process of preserving the dead for the afterlife called? (page 286, 287 EH)
mummification
What was weighed against the dead person's heart in the afterlife? (pp. 286)
The feather of truth (or MaŹ½at)
What was the Gift of the Nile? (page 278 EH)
Egypt
Which 18th Dynasty pharaoh reached the throne at nine-years-old and died at 19? (page 302 EH)
Tutankhamun or King Tut
What was the name of the stone slab that unlocked the mystery of hieroglyphics? (page 299 EH)
The Rosetta Stone
Which young Lower Egyptian woman did King Narmer of Upper Egypt marry in 3100 BC to unify Egypt's Two Lands?
Princess Neithhotep
Who had the head of a jackal and was the god of mummification? (page 287 EH)
Anubis
Which direction does the Nile River Flow? (pp. 279)
north
What Upper Egyptian king conquered Lower Egypt in 3100 BC and became the first Lord of the Two Lands? (page 281 EH)
Narmer, or (Menes)
What were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt called? (page 294 EH)
scribes
What was built for Pharaoh Khufu with 2.4 million large stone blocks 4,500 years ago? (pages 288, 289 EH)
The Great Pyramid
What Sky God was the miracle child of Isis and Osiris? (page 285)
Horus
What two rivers combine in the south to form the Nile River? (p. 277)
The Blue Nile and White Nile rivers
What 19th Dynasty pharaoh was famous for his hundreds of wives and children and temples he built? (pp. 300 EH)
Ramsses II (or Ramses the Great)
What is a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river? (pp. 279)
a delta
Which language inscribed on the Rosetta Stone allowed experts to finally decode and translate hieroglyphics? (pp. 299)
Greek
The creature/goddess Ammit consisted of which three animals? (page 286 EH)
crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus
What were Egyptians drafted to do during the flood season? (pages 288, 289 EH)
build... pyramids (and temples)