Individuals
This individual is considered the first pharaoh of a unified Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
The god revered by the fourth, and especially fifth dynasties of Egypt
Who is Ra/Re?
The term for the process of embalming or treating a dead body by removing any and all moisture.
This exciting innovation allowed Egyptians to add a sweet treat to their cuisine.
what is beekeeping?
The most famous necropolis in Ancient Egypt.
What is Giza?
The war-loving pharaoh that reunited Egypt after the First Intermediate Period
Who is Mentuhotep (II)?
One of the most important gods to all Egyptian kings, though especially those of the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdoms
TRUE OR FALSE: women were legally equal to men and, if wealthy, could own and run their own households.
TRUE
First appearing in the Old Kingdom, this innovation helped create a writing system and a society structured around a literate administrative class.
What are hieroglyphs?
These innovations were integral in ensuring that pyramids were actually built.
This pharaoh built three separate pyramids. Couldn't he have gotten it right the first time?
Who is Sneferu?
Tricked, killed, and cut into pieces, this god came to represent the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
During which period did Egyptian statuary, the practice of creating statues, reach its peak?
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This ingenious technological invention, using all-natural materials, allowed ancient Egyptians to write things down.
What are Ink & Papyrus
This cat-like monument near Giza has puzzled Egyptologists for centuries, living up to its mythical representation.
What is the Sphinx?
This Middle Kingdom pharaoh was the first woman to be officially recognized as a pharaoh who ruled in her own right.
What is Sobekneferu?
This ancient deity of Egypt represented things like storms, chaos, and disorder. He also played a key role in the early mythology of Old Kingdom Egypt
Who is Set?
This is the term for the general concept of viewing Egyptian art from the front.
What is frontality?
These may be taken for granted in the modern day, but were crucial for Egyptians when building monumental architecture.
What are levers and pulleys
TRUE OR FALSE: the pyramids were built by slave labour with little or cruel oversight.
FALSE. The pyramids were built by labourers chosen from farmers, trained well, and supervised by literate, educated overseers.
The pharaoh that is considered to be one of the longest-lived and whose death was a primary cause of the First Intermediate Period
Pepi (II)
The divine queen-consort of both Horus and Ra, often depicted as a cow.
The term for the important archaeological and cultural practice that Egyptian pharaohs began doing in their pyramids starting with Unas.
An often-overlooked invention that helped Egyptians build their massive architectural wonders.
Mortar
This is the first pyramid built.
What is the step pyramid (of Djoser)?