Egyptians were protected by these four physical features.
What are the Nile River Delta, the Cataracts, and the deserts to the East and West.
100
Most Egyptian clothing was made of this cool, plant-based fabric, which was sometimes used as payment for goods.
What is linen?
100
I am the god of the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
100
These organs went into canopic jars during the mummification process.
What are the lungs, stomach, liver, and intestines.
100
This "cheat sheet" helped Egyptians navigate the perilous path through the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
200
This is the Egyptian word for “Black Land,” the rich dirt spread along the banks of the Nile by flooding.
What is khemet?
200
If you were lucky, you might train to be a scribe, becoming one of the approximately 1% of Egyptians who could do this.
What is read and write?
200
In the beginning, before creation, there was this.
What is nun, the black water?
200
Ancient Egyptians believed your spirit was divided into these three parts.
What are the ba, the akh, and the ka.
200
Akhet is the first of these, without which the Ancient Egyptians would have been unable to live.
What are the seasons of the Nile.
300
This sea to the east divides Egypt from the Arabian Peninsula.
What is the Red Sea?
300
Jewelry was worn not just because it was pretty. Ancient Egyptians believed it also did this other important thing.
What is possess supernatural powers?
300
I am the first god, the creator.
Who is Atum?
300
This is the name of the ultimate afterlife destination, where life would be a perfect version of life on earth for eternity.
What is the Field of Reeds?
300
This versatile reed was used to make paper, boats, sandals, rope, and mats.
What is papyrus?
400
Without this second season of the Nile, Farmers would be unable to plant their crops.
What is peret?
400
Fear of fleas and lice meant Egyptians were likely to model this hairstyle.
What is shave their heads and wear wigs?
400
I restored ma'at to the land by defeating Seth and becoming god of the earth.
Who is Horus?
400
In order to determine if you had led a virtuous life, Anubis conducted what ceremony in the Hall of Judgment?
What is the weighing of the heart against the feather of ma'at?
400
This tri-lingual tablet, discovered in 1799, was the secret to cracking the hieroglyph code.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
The Nile River empties into which larger body of water?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
500
Ancient Egyptians did not have the same large ceremonies we do for this major life event.
What is getting married?
500
It was the job of _______ to represent the Pharaoh in caring for statues of the gods. If they failed to please the gods by their care, the gods would be displeased with the Pharaoh as well, destroying Ma'at.
Who are the priests?
500
Ancient Egyptians preserved bodies with mummification for this reason.
What is the idea that in order to live forever, the three spirits needed the whole body.