Pharaohs/Queens
The only female Pharaoh, married to Thutmose III
Who is (Queen) Hatshepsut?
The longest river in the world, created from the White Nile and Blue Nile.
What is the Nile River?
A writing system in ancient Egypt using picture-signs
What is Hieroglyphics?
In Egypt, the process of embalming a body to prepare it for burial.
What is mummification?
A government ruled by religious leaders.
What is a Theocracy?
The youngest pharaoh at age 9 or 10, restored the beliefs of the old gods
Who is King Tut?
The most fertile areas of ancient Egypt with many tributaries and leading into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile (River) Delta?
Reed plants pressed together to form a kind of paper.
What is Papyrus?
A large stone coffin where many pharaohs, queens and wealthy were buried in.
What is a sarcophagus?
A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that make land ideal for farming after the floods recede.
What is silt?
The last Queen of Egypt.
Who was (Queen) Cleopatra?
A triangular peninsula linking Africa with Asia; today the Suez Canal is there.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
Mouth tool used to clean the teeth and a breath refresher.
What is toothpaste and breath mint?
A god of the dead and mummification.
Who is Anubis?
A tall, pointed, four-sided pillar with hieroglyphics built to honor their gods, pharaoh in ancient Egypt.
What is an obelisk?
A New Kingdom pharaoh, expanded Egyptian empire and built temple of Abu Simbel with 4 statues of himself.
Who was King Ramses II?
Areas of rapids and waterfalls that is hard to navigate through on the Nile River.
What is the cataracts?
Ancient Egyptian irrigation tool consisting of a bucket-and-lever water lifting device
What is a shaduf?
Held four internal organs (liver, lungs, stomach & intestines) that were removed during mummification and were placed in the tomb with the mummy.
What are the canopic jars?
A huge black stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Hieratic and Greek writing found by the French.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
A ruler of the old kingdom period and built the largest pyramid of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Who was King Khufu?
This structure provides the water flow during droughts and controls seasonal flood patterns on the Nile river.
What is the Aswan (High) Dam?
A device used to prevent others from entering a room to protect their possessions.
What is a (door) lock?
A beetle shaped ornament sacred to the Egyptians. It represented rebirth.
What is a scarab?
A collection of religious spells, hymns and prayers which were thought to be helpful to the deceased in the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?