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Hieroglyphs
100
How many steps are there to the pyramid of Djoser?
What is six steps.
100
This was washed on the walls to seal paintings and protect them from rain, wind, sand, and other elements.
What is snake venom or egg whites.
100
All ancient Egyptians were concerned with this.
What is life after death.
100
Ancient Egyptians were in awe of this, and attributed it to the gods.
What is nature/natural events.
100
Hieroglyphs appeared around this date.
What is 3300 BCE.
200
This group of people built the pyramids.
Who are farmers.
200
Double Jeopardy - Most of the artwork created by ancient Egyptians was about this topic.
What is their religion. (400 Points)
200
Priests developed embalming to a fine art. Embalming is this:
What is the preservation of corpses.
200
Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was this for the gods.
What is a go-between.
200
The system of writing hieroglyphs was simplified to this.
What is hieratic.
300
The second largest pyramid at Giza was built for this pharaoh.
Who is pharaoh Khafre.
300
This mineral was used to create the colour white in ancient Egypt.
What is sandstone or calcium.
300
The poor were buried in this type of grave.
What is shallow graves in the desert sand.
300
Ancient Egyptians believed in more than one god, making them this.
What is polytheistic.
300
The quail chick is the hieroglyph for which two letters from our alphabet.
What is W and U.
400
The earliest stone pyramid was built at Sakkra around this date.
What is 2700 BCE.
400
This instrument was similar to a rattle or tambourine and used to keep rhythm.
What is a sistra.
400
Most organs were thrown away during the mummification process however, these organs were not.
What is the heart, liver, stomach, intestine, and lungs.
400
Double Jeopardy - Hathor was the goddess of these three things.
What is protection, love, and joy. (800 Points)
400
The discovery of this led to the understanding of heiroglyphs.
What is the Rosetta Stone.
500
To build the pyramids ancient Egyptians needed an understanding of what four subjects?
What is engineering, mathematics, science, and technology.
500
This mineral was used to create the colour green in paintings.
What is malachite.
500
The bandages that were wrapped around a mummy were soaked in this substance.
What is beeswax.
500
Seth was the god of this.
What is chaos.
500
Double Jeopardy - Around this date hieroglyphs changed from representing actual objects to representing sounds.
What is 2000 BCE (1000 Points)
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