Rubbing Ducks in the Afterlife
This is what Osiris weighed your heart against.
The Feather of Truth
Who stood at the top of Egyptian society?
The pharaohs
How long was an Egyptian month?
30 days
Where was the Rosetta Stone found?
In front of the Sphinx in Egypt
Osiris and Isis' son
Who was Horus?
Name 3 types of Art the Egyptians made.
Statues, Carvings, and Wall Paintings.
This is another word for preservation of the dead
mummification
Most Egyptians were peasant ____________, and most of them were ________________.
farmers, slaves
How did Ancient Egypt make their calendar?
Egyptian priest astronomers studied the heavens.
What is the name of the writing found in tombs?
Hieroglyphics
Akhenaten wanted all gods to step down to ____________.
Who is Aten?
The Great Sphinx was what form of Egyptian art?
Statues/Structures
This is the object the Egyptians relied on to get the underworld.
Book of the Dead
Name at least one of the job Egyptian women would do
working in the fields, collecting water, preparing food, raising kids
This is how Ancient Egyptians found out about the human body
What is mummification?
What did the Egyptians keep records on?
Papyrus, stone, and walls
Who was Akenhaten's wife?
Queen Nefertiti
The oldest egyptian literature is _________________
Hymns to the gods and love poems.
This tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.
Tutankhamen
"The foot of Egyptian women may walk where it pleases her and no one may deny her..." Who said this?
Ramses II
What medications are still used today that Egypt used?
Stocks of food, court proceedings, wills and other legal documents, tax records, magic spells, and the Pharaoh's every day life.
What is Amon-Re the god of?
The sun god/chief god
Describe the painted appearance of Pharaohs/Gods compared to humans.
Depicted much larger; humans drawn less proportionate
This Pharaoh was believed to have many riches.
Ramses II
Name the class system (7 classes) of Egyptian society (top to bottom)
Pharaoh, priests, gods and goddesses, nobles, merchants, scribes, artisans
Ancient Egyptian doctors did this and wrote it down on papyrus.
What are complex surgical operations?
Most scribes were men, but a small portion of scribes were women. What did the women mainly document unlike men?
medical texts
Around 1380 BC _________________ challenged the powerful priests of Amon Re.
Who was Akenhaten?
What is the story, “The Tale of Sinuhe” about?
An egyptian official is forced to flee into Syria where he earns fame amongst the uncivilized desert people. The story ends happily with him being welcomed back to Egypt by the pharaoh.