The boy Pharaoh whose demise was not from murder but rather a tragic chariot accident.
Who is King Tut?
100
The act of preserving the body for the afterlife.
What is embalming?
100
Egypt is considered to be "The gift of" what natural resource?
What is the Nile River?
100
Egyptian form of paper.
What is papyrus?
100
The language of the Rosetta stone that helped Europeans crack the code of Hieroglyphics.
What is Greek?
200
Pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
200
The outermost coffin that a mummy was placed in.
What is sarcophagus?
200
Egypt is surrounded by these two land features. One is called Western and the other is the Arabian.
What are deserts?
200
Rule that passes down from one member of a family to the next.
What is a Dynasty?
200
These people were a well known slave group of the Egyptians.
Who are the Hebrews?
300
The first female Pharaoh. She ruled with an Iron fist and even wore the symbolic beard of power.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
The organs removed from the body during step 1 of the mummification process were placed in these.
What are canopic jars?
300
Egypt's southern neighbor was this rich African Kingdom.
What is Kush?
300
The Great Sphinx had the head of a woman and a body of this creature.
What is a lion?
300
During the "Weighing of the Heart Ceremony" a person's heart was weighed for its sinfulness against this object.
What is "The Feather of Truth"
400
Known as "The Great Pyramid Builder," The Great Pyramid of Giza is actually his final resting place.
Who is Khufu?
400
The amount of days the body was covered in "natron"- the salt solution to dry out. (Step 2)
What is 40 days?
400
The mouth of the Nile where it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Triangle shaped.
What is the Nile Delta?
400
Egyptian system of symbol writing.
What is Hieroglyphics?
400
The two groups of the Egyptian Social Class pyramid that are below Nobles and Priests but above Scribes, Merchants, and Artisans.
What are Government Officials and Soldiers?
500
This Pharaoh ruled for 60 years, made peace with the Hittites, and had 100 children.
Who is Ramses the 2nd?
500
All Egyptians were mummified with the "Eye of" this God; it was a symbol of restoring health.
Who is Horus?
500
The source of where the Nile River begins.
What is Lake Victoria?
500
In order to obtain this job you had to withstand many years of teaching at the hands of strict teachers in order to learn how to read and write (you also had to be a boy).
What is a scribe?
500
After most pyramids were robbed of their treasures, Pharaohs decided to bury themselves in this place.