Pharaohs
This is the constructor of the great pyramid; kind yet powerful.
Who is Khufu?
This is the first tomb ever; a ditch in the ground.
What is a prehistoric pit grave?
This is the salt used to dehydrate the body and the organs.
What is natron?
This is the level of the farm workers the people of low status.
What are peasants?
This is the most famous and most spectacular object found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. It is made out of gold.
What is King Tut's death mask?
This is one of the first woman pharaohs. She is the constructor of the temple at Dayr-al Bahri.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This was the first structure used to encase a tomb. It was built using mud-bricks.
What is a Mastaba?
They used a long hook to remove this through the nostril.
What is the brain?
This is the most supreme person/people in ancient Egypt, they are on the highest level of the social pyramid.
What are pharaohs?
This is the reason why King Tut's tomb was small, and rushed and the reason why not a lot of the artifacts were carved, instead painted.
What were the affects of King Tut's sudden and early death?
This is a powerful and strict pharaoh who demanded he have more monuments than any other pharaoh in Ancient Egyptian history.
This was the first attempt to use a prism like shape in tomb architecture. The tomb turned out to have structural problems leading to it having bent sides.
What is the Bent Pyramid?
This is the process of preserving a body and getting it ready for the afterlife/underworld.
What is embalming?
These are the people who made pottery and other useful, artistic items when it came to day-to-day life in ancient Egypt. They are ranked fairly low in the social pyramid, 5th to be exact.
What are artisans?
This is the day that King Tutankhamun's tomb was found.
When is November 23, 1922?
This pharaoh is known for building iconic religious monuments such as the White Chapel. He was a strong leader who helped unify Egypt.
Who is Senusret l?
This is the biggest pyramid in Egypt, it was built by the pharaoh Khufu. This pyramid has straight, linear sides which are oriented almost exactly true north.
What is the Great Pyramid?
This is were the dehydrated, preserved organs were stored.
What are canopic jars?
These are the official document writers of ancient Egypt, they are on the third level of the social pyramid.
What are scribes?
Because the tomb excavation was funded by the British, this is the museum where King Tut's tomb artifacts landed/are displayed.
What is the British Museum?
This is a pharaoh who made Egypt a monotheistic country which caused an uproar due to Egypt being used to polytheism.
Who is Akhenaten?
This is a secret tomb site where pharaohs were buried to try and reduce the amount of tomb robberies. Although it looks like any normal piece of land, this tomb site has more than 60 tombs in it.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
This is the ceremony that allows the dead to eat and drink again, usually done at a funeral.
What is the Opening of the Mouth?
These are the religious leaders of ancient Egypt. They led religious ceremonies such as funerals, burials, embalming processes, etc. They sit at 3rd level of the social pyraid.
What are priests?
This is the reason King Tut's tomb was hidden.
What is debris from Ramses lV tomb and workmen's huts?