Mummification and the Afterlife
Egyptian Landscape
Pharaohs
The Social Pyramid
The Kingdom of Kush
100
This object was used as a cheat sheet for soul's navigate the Underworld.
What is the Book of the Dead?
100
The ancient Egyptians depended greatly on the Nile river for their basic needs. The Nile river flows in a northerly direction emptying into this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
He was the Old Kingdom pharaoh that ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who is Khufu?
100
This social class of people made up the lowest class, but oddly enough they made up the largest population of Egyptians.
What are peasants?
100
If you were standing in the Nile delta, in which direction would you travel in order to get to Kush?
What is south?
200
This social class was most closely associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egypt.
What are priests?
200
This flat marshy area is located at the mouth of the Nile river and is filled with abundant plant and animal life.
What is the delta?
200
He was a New Kingdom pharaoh that constructed Abu Simbel and fathered over 100 children.
Who is Ramses II?
200
Kush also went by the name Nubia. The word Nubia comes from the Egyptian word "nub." Egyptian for this...
What is gold?
300
Mummified bodies were taxed as this type of salted item when being transported up and down the Nile river.
What is fish?
300
Ancient Egypt was protected by the natural barriers that helped keep invaders out.
What are deserts?
300
This pharaoh's burial tomb lies at Dayr-al-Bahri. During this pharaoh's reign trade was expanded to the Kingdom of Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
Egyptian scribes were well paid and well respected. They often worked for the government and recorded important information using this ancient Egyptian script.
What are hieroglyphs?
300
During its early history the Egyptians conquered Kush and many Kushites adopted Egyptian ways. They spoke Egyptian, fought in Egypt's army, and even dressed like Egyptians. This term refers to the process of acting more like Egyptians.
What is Egyptianized?
400
Upon the soul's final judgement, this organ would be weighed against the feather of Ma'at to determine its destiny.
What is the heart?
400
A natural resource that grows along the Nile river is this plants, that the ancients used to make a paper-like product called this.
What is papyrus?
400
King Senusret I of the Middle Kingdom was very involved with promoting artists in ancient Egypt. He also had the chapel built for his 30 year Jubilee festival.
What is the White Chapel?
400
This group of Egyptians weren't very well paid or well respected in ancient Egypt. They were very talented however. Located just above the peasants, they were instrumental in creating the art that we admire and study today.
Who are artisans?
400
King Piye was the first Kushite pharaoh to begin the reign of the "black pharaohs" in Egypt. This family of rulers made up this number dynasty.
What is the 25th dynasty?
500
This organ was quickly discarded by Egyptian embalmers through the nasal cavity, because of how quickly it would lead to decay.
What is the brain?
500
The Nile river flows from the south to the north, because the source of the Nile is higher above sea level. What term refers to the relative height of the land above sea level?
What is elevation?
500
Ramses II not only was a great temple builder but he was also a great military leader. One of his greatest achievements was creating a peace treaty with this people of Mesopotamia?
Who are the Hittites?
500
These were the highest members of the government official class. They were immediate advisors to the pharaohs and often served as judges and law makers.
Who are viziers?
500
The invasion of these iron wielding Mesopotamians forced the black pharaohs out of Egypt and back to Kush.
Who are the Assyrians?
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