Features / Places
The longest river in the world
What is the Nile?
Triangular shaped structures built as tombs for pharaohs
What are the Pyramids?
A line of hereditary rulers in a country
What is a dynasty?
Pharaoh nicknamed "The Builder" and "The Great", became a general in the army at the age of 10.
Who was Ramses (II)?
The last pharaoh or queen of Egypt, she united the Egyptian kingdom and improved the economy before her mysterious death.
Who was Cleopatra?
Home to rock cut tombs for pharaohs of the New Kingdom.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
The plant Ancient Egyptians used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
The sacred king / queen / ruler of Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
Died at the age of 19, probably the most well known pharaoh because of his tomb
Who was King Tut?
What are old, middle and new ?
The part of Egypt closest to the Mediterranean Sea
What is Lower Egypt?
A limestone statue of a mythical creature with the body of a lion and head of a human.
What is the Sphinx?
The belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
Female ruler who ruled for 22 years and increased the trade of Ancient Egypt with the Kingdom of Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
"Football" sounding African kingdom that Hatshepsut led a trade expedition to
What is Punt?
Known as the city of Amun, Egyptians started to settle this area around 3200 BCE.
What is Thebes?
A large stone coffin for pharaohs.
What is a sarcophagus?
Ancient Egyptian writing, a collection of 1,000 distinct characters and logos.
What is hieroglyphics?
New Kingdom pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
At the beginning of the New Kingdom, Ahmose drove this group of people out of Egypt, and they returned to Israel.
Who were the Hyksos?
The Kingdom during which the pharaohs ordered a canal built from the Nile to the Red Sea.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
A civilization located to the south of Egypt, famous for its alphabet and iron working system.
What is Nubia?
A tablet of black rock used for understanding and translating Egyptian hieroglyphs.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Middle Kingdom pharaoh who defeated his noble rivals and united Egypt.
Who is Mentuhotep?
Female Egyptian pharaoh who changed the Egyptian religion to monotheism, her head and shoulders are a symbol of ancient Egypt
Who was Nefertiti?