Geography of Egypt
This river is the longest in the world and gave life to ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile?
The archaeologist who discovered and cataloged King Tut's tomb.
Who is Howard Carter?
The Egyptians practiced this type of religion which means worshipping many gods.
What is poltheism?
The process of preserving a dead body in ancient Egypt.
What is mummification?
Egyptians believed that wearing this piece of jewelry protected them against evil spirits.
What is amulet?
The parts of the Nile River that contained rapids and helped to keep invaders out of ancient Egypt.
What are cataracts?
The man who deciphered hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone.
Who is Jean- Francois Champollion
Boys from this class started school at age four or five.
What is upper?
In ancient Egypt, people considered the pharaohs to be this
What is a god?
The Egyptians practiced this type of religion, worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
A fan-shaped area of fertile land at the mouth of the Nile River.
What is delta?
The final step in the mummification process.
What is wash the empty body and wrap it in linen strips?
The jackal-headed Egyptian god that weighed a person's heart after death.
Who is Anubis?
This pharaoh was known for trying to change Egyptian religion to focus on the sun god Aten.
Who is Akhenaten?
Raised by Pharaoh's daughter and led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Who is Moses?
This desert bordered ancient Egypt and acted as a natural barrier.
What is the Sahara Desert?
The time period when Egyptians experienced the most peace and stability.
The plant used by ancient Egyptians to make rope, baskets, and paper.
What is papyrus?
Egyptians believed a person traveled by boat to this place after death.
What is the hall of Judgment?
The Israelite who advised Pharaoh to store food for seven years of famine and oversaw the food storage in Egypt.
Who is Joseph?
The sea to the north of Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The king whose tomb was untouched and perfectly preserved- giving us details about life in the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
Who is King Tut?
The first step in the mummification process.
What is clean out the skull?
The Egyptian god of the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
What is nilometer?