King Tut
For how long was King Tut a Pharaoh?
10 years
Why did Pharaohs bury objects with them in their tombs?
They believed that they would use those items in the afterlife.
They placed a hook through the nose, mashed up the brain with the hook, and drained the brain out through the nose
Whose face is on the Great Sphinx?
King Khafre
When did King Tut become a Pharaoh?
at age 9
What is a sarcophagus?
a coffin containing the mummified body
Natron
For whom was the Great Pyramid of Giza built for?
Why is King Tut so famous?
He is famous because the 5,000 items in his tomb were intact when the tomb was discovered in the 1900s. In other words, no one had touched the tomb and its treasures for 3,000 years. This is very rare.
What is a canopic jar?
a jar that contains the organs of a body
For how long was the body bathed in Natron?
a rectangular tomb with a flat roof for the king’s relatives
Who discovered King Tut's tomb? When did he discover the tomb?
1922
What was so special about King Tut's sarcophagus?
It was made entirely of gold
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Name three different political powers of a Pharaoh
Owned all of the land
made laws
collected taxes
defended Egypt against foreigners.
Where was King Tut's tomb discovered?
In the Valley of Kings
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify bodies?
Because they thought they would need their bodies in the afterlife
How many years ago was the Great Pyramid built?
4,500 years ago