The Nile River
How Long is the Nile River? (Within 500)
4,258
What is a mummy?
A preserved animal or human after death.
What is a pharaoh?
Egyptians believed their pharaoh was the god Horus, the sun god
What did Egyptians write with?
Hieroglphics
What Animals were mummified in Egypt?
Cats and dogs were often mummified as pets and other sacred animals such as, ducks, fish, monkeys, rams, bulls, baboons, gazelles, and lizards.
How did the Nile River help Egyptians?
Rainfall is pretty much non-extinct so it supplied them with water.
Why do Egyptians make mummies?
They believed in life after death so they preserved them so they could be used in the afterlife.
Name 1 pharaoh
Amenhotep III, Snefru, Cleopatra VII, King Menes, Khufu, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten
What is Papyrus?
Early paper-like material
Did Ancient Egypt have elephants?
No, They had gone extinct in Egypt around 2600 B.C.
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North
How long does mummification take?
70 days
Who was the richest Pharaoh?
Amenhotep III
Name 3 items that the Egyptians invented.
Pyramids, papyrus sheets, black ink, sickle, irrigation, calendar, Ox-drawn plough, clocks, wigs, and Medicine.
What were animals most importantly used for?
Farming
What body of water does the Nile River empty into?
Mediterranean Sea
How many mummies were buried in the history of Egypt (estimate)
70 million
How many pharaohs were in Ancient Egypt?
170
How many days were on this Egypt calendar?
365
Name a pet in ancient Egypt
Cats, Dogs, Falcons, Hippos, Monkeys, Baboons
Which countries does the Nile River flow through? (Name 3)
Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt.
What is the mummification process called?
Embalding
Who was the last pharaoh?
Cleopatra VII
Why did Egyptians wear wigs?
To keep pests out of their hair and Egyptians shaved their head during summers and it was not aesthetically pleasing so they had the idea to invented wigs.
What was the ¨Sacred Creature¨ who was kept in sacred lakes?
Crocodile