Pharaohs
This pharaoh was entombed in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who was Khufu (Cheops)?
The oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one still standing.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This god was tricked into sitting in a coffin which he was then locked in, and the coffin was split into fourteen parts.
Who is Osiris?
These small figurines were buried with the dead to serve as helpers in the afterlife.
What are ushabti?
The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx were built during this period.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This pharaoh was controversial for attempting to focus all religious worship on a single god.
Who was Akhenaten?
This monumental sculpture is speculated to have a face modeled on the pharaoh Khafre, who commissioned its creation.
What is the Great Sphinx?
This goddess found the pieces of her husband's body and put him back together - but there was one piece she couldn't find...
Who was Isis?
These amulets were shaped like beetles and could be used as jewelry, funerary goods, or name seals.
What are scarabs?
This period saw the rise of a middle class, and literature began to be written about things other than death and religion.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
The discovery of this pharaoh's tomb sparked a surge of interest in Egyptology.
Who was Tutankhamun?
These large monuments taper off as they reach to the sky, and likely represent the sun's light coming down to Earth.
What are obelisks?
This god is a guide through the Underworld, and is present for the Weighing of the Heart.
Who is Anubis?
This collection of texts was meant as a guide to help the deceased travel through the Underworld and into the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
This era was defined by many of the most famous pharaohs in history - including Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, and Tutankhamun - and saw Egypt at its greatest territorial extent.
What is the New Kingdom?
She was the last pharaoh of Egypt, and had a son with Julius Caeser.
Who was Cleopatra?
This complex of buildings is home to numerous temples, and was built up over the course of centuries.
What is the Karnak Temple Complex?
This god taught humans to read and write and is often portrayed with the head of an ibis or as a sitting baboon.
Who is Thoth?
The style of coffin popular amongst the rich and powerful, often decorated with gold and jewels.
What is a sarcophagus?
After the conquests of Alexander the Great, Egypt began the process of Hellenization. After his death, rule of Egypt was granted to one of his generals.
What is the Ptolemaic Dynasty?
She was an accomplished pharaoh in her time, but her successors would erase her name from many records and monuments.
Who was Hatshepsut?
This necropolis served as the resting place for many of Egypt's pharaohs over the course of its long history.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
This goddess took the shape of a hippo and could be prayed to for assistance in childbirth.
This early form of funerary text was written on the walls of tombs, but only for the Pharaoh.
What are the Pyramid texts?
After the death of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Egypt was taken over by the Romans and became a province in the Empire.
What was the Roman Period?