Vocabulary
King Tut
Ancient Egypt
How to make a Mummy
100
A place where someone was buried, above the ground.
tomb
100
What were the Egyptian Kings called?
Pharoahs
100
Ancient Egypt began how many years ago?
5,000 years ago
100
How is a mummy's brain removed?
With a hooked instrument through the nose.
200
A box where you put a dead person.
coffin
200
How did King Tut die?
An infection in his broken leg.
200
Ancient Egypt is near what river?
The Nile River
200
What did Egyptians use as false eyes?
Onions
300
A preserved dead body
Mummy
300
How old was King Tut when he became Pharaoh?
9
300
Name 1 way Egyptians thought you could acheive immortality.
1. Say a dead person's name over and over. 2. Make someone into a mummy.
300
The empty space where your organs were is filled with?
Sawdust, chaff and rags
400
To Keep from going bad or rotting
Preserve
400
How old was King Tut when he died?
19
400
Why did Egyptians want to be buried with the things that are important to them?
They believed only the things they had in their tomb would come with them to the afterlife.
400
What color did mourners wear?
Blue
500
To put out for other people to see
Display
500
Why was King Tut so sick and weak?
His mother and father were brother and sister.
500
When was King Tut's tomb discovered?
1920s
500
List 4 things that were needed for mummification.
1. Your Body 2. Natron Salt 3. Tools 4. Linen 5. Priest 6. Canopic Jars 7. Oils
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