Egyptians used this process after a person died to preserve the body for the afterlife. It included opening of mouth ritual and wrapping the body in linen.
What is mummification?
100
Writing used by Egyptians using symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
100
Sun God who gave birth to himself.
Who is Ra or Re?
100
A tool or object left behind that scientist can study to help provide evidence for theories on how other groups lived
What is an artifact?
200
This is Africa's greatest river, flows south to north
What is The Nile River
200
The room which the person who died is placed. It was filled with all the things need to make the journey to the afterlife.
What is a tomb?
200
A benefit of the Nile.
What is trade, farming, or travel.
200
God of Afterlife
Who is Osiris?
200
Youngest known pharaoh
Who was King Tut?
300
This is a stone coffin.
What is a sarcophagus?
300
A beetle believed to be the earthly representation of Ra. When a person died, one could be placed over the heart of the mummy.
What is a scarab?
300
The bottom of the Egytian Social Pyramid.
What is a slave?
300
Anubis, the God in charge of mummification, has the head of this animal
What is a jackal?
300
Tall plant used to make the first paper
What is papyrus
400
A small object believed to hold power to ward off evil or illness. A scarab is an example of this. (a good luck charm)
What is an amulet?
400
Structure built by the pharaoh to hold their tomb when they died. It would take years to build these giant triangular buildings
What is a pyramid?
400
The 2 Kingdoms united under the pharaoh Menes.
What is Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
400
Osiris wife, mother of Horus.
Who is Iris?
400
Person with knowledge of reading and writing in Ancient Egypt
Who is a scribe
500
The name of the spirit or "soul" believed to leave the mummy each night.
What is a Ba?
500
Used to weigh a person's heart to determine if their heart was as light as a feather. If it was not, the journey was over and the person was condemned.
What is scale of truth?
500
The way Egyptians depicted human figures.
What is head profile, torso forward, and limbs in profile?
500
Osiris' Evil brother
Who is Seth?
500
Scroll placed in mummy's tomb with magic spells to help spirit navigate to afterlife