The Nile River`
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
Around 3100 BC, this leader rose to power in Upper Egypt.
Who is Menes?
Egyptians believed in this life after death.
What is the afterlife?
This period of Egyptian history lasted from 2700 to 2200 BC.
What is the Old Kingdom?
The application of science for practical purposes.
What is engineering?
Ancient Egypt included two regions, Upper Egypt and this other area.
What is Lower Egypt?
Menes was said to be Egypt’s first real what?
What is pharaoh?
These jewelry charms were worn by the dead for protection.
What are amulets?
Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped sides.
What are pyramids?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
The rocky, hilly land of southern Egypt caused these steep rapids.
What are cataracts?
A series of rulers from the same family is called this.
What is a dynasty?
This method was used to preserve bodies for years.
What is embalming?
The walls of these buildings were covered with carvings and paintings.
What are temples?
Over the years, many tombs were emptied by these people.
Who are thieves?
This triangle-shaped area of land was formed by soil deposits from the Nile.
What is a delta?
Pharaohs wore this double symbol to show rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
What is the crown?
These specially treated and wrapped bodies were placed in tombs.
What are mummies?
This area houses Egypt's largest pyramids.
What is Giza?
This boy-king’s tomb was discovered in 1922.
Who is King Tut?
Without these annual events, people never could have settled in Egypt.
What are floods?
This pharaoh ruled in the 2500s BC and ordered the Great Pyramid built.
Who is Khufu?
These jars stored organs of the dead.
What are canopic jars?
This is the material that the Egyptians used to construct their pyramids.
What is sandstone?
This treasure was made from metal from a meteor.
What is King Tut’s dagger?