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100
What is the term for the type of religion the Ancient Egyptians practiced? (many gods, single god, etc)
Polytheism
100
Who was the Egyptian God of Death?
Anubis
100
What civilizations did Egypt exist along side?
Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome
100
What is the most famous river in Egypt?
The Nile
100
Which Egyptian Pharaoh smuggled themselves to meet Julius Caesar while rolled in a carpet?
Cleopatra
200
What often mummified animal was considered sacred to the Egyptians?
Bonus
What was it's role in their religion?
Cats were guardians of the underworld.
200
What was the Egyptian process of preparing the body for the afterlife?
Mummification
200
Hunter Gatherers moved into the Nile River valley in what year?
5000 BCE
200
What dessert surrounds the Nile River valley?
The Saharra
200
What monster did Rah do battle with every night?
Apophis
300
Which god was betrayed by his brother and cut into 14 pieces before being banished to the underworld?
Bonus
Name both brothers.
Osiris
300
What was the Egyptian written language?
Bonus
Why are many of them impossible to read today?
Hieroglyphics
300
How long did the Old Kingdom least until?
500 years from 2700 until 2200 BCE
300
What port city in Egypt shared a name with at least 16 other locations in the ancient world?
Alexandria
300
What is the writing material made from Nile Reeds called?
Papyrus
400
What type of government did Ancient Egypt have?
Theocracy (Pharaoh was a living God)
400
The _____________ is a person's life force or the Egyptian concept of a soul.
Kah
400
What was the name of the most famous male Pharaoh in history? (closest to his full name gets the points)
Tutankhamun
400
Where are these pyramids located?
Bonus
Who built them?
Giza.
Farmers on their off season and professional builders
400
What was the most important organ in the human body to Egyptians?
The Heart, it was believed to be the motor of the body and where all intelligence came from
500
What was the name of the Egyptian God of the dessert, chaos and violence?
Seth
500
How many steps were there in the mummification process? (Closest group gets the points)
70
500
Which ruler of Egypt was said to have had over 100 children.
Most recent counts are around 103 children. 50 boys and 53 girls.
500
Where is this temple?
Bonus:
Which Goddess is it dedicated to?
Dendera
Hathor
500
By embalming the dead the ancient Egyptians developed the first _________
Medical Journals