Famous Pharaohs
She was the first female pharaoh who dressed as a man and focused on trade rather than war.
Who is Hatshepsut?
he most important god, this sun god is depicted with a hawk head and a sun disk.
Who is Ra?
This is the age at which students started school to become scribes.
What is age 5?
Unlike English, hieroglyphics does not include these types of letters.
What are vowels?
This artifact, discovered in 1799, was the key to decoding hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Famous for changing the religion to monotheism (one god), he was also the father of King Tut.
Who is Akhenaten?
She is the goddess of magic and life and the wife of Osiris.
Who is Isis?
Wealthy boys attended this specific school in ancient Egypt.
What is the House of Life?
The Greek term for "hieroglyphics" translates to this phrase.
What is "Sacred carved inscription"?
This is what happened to students in ancient Egypt if they misbehaved in class.
They were beaten.
The last pharaoh of Egypt, she is famous for marrying Julius Caesar.
Who is Cleopatra?
Shown as a mummy, he is the god of the dead and the Underworld.
Who is Osiris?
While boys went to school, girls typically learned these two domestic skills.
What are cooking and sewing?
Hieroglyphics contains approximately this many signs.
What is 700?
Besides writing, a scribe could do this job.
What is collecting taxes?
Known as the "Warrior Pharaoh," Hatshepsut ruled for him until he came of age.
Who is Thutmose III?
He is the god of wisdom and scribes.
Who is Thoth?
Advanced students wrote on this paper-like material made from a plant.
What is papyrus?
This leader conquered Egypt, leading to the eventual replacement of hieroglyphics.
Who is Alexander the Great?
It took this long to complete the training to become a scribe.
What is 7 to 10 years?
The oldest pharaoh with the longest reign; he was the ruler during the Biblical Exodus.
Who is Rameses II?
This god of the desert, storms, and chaos is known for tricking and killing Osiris.
Who is Set (or Seth)?
Aside from writing, this was the ultimate goal of a scribe.
What is being vizier?
These three types of symbols are used to make up hieroglyphic writing.
What are animals, plants, and objects?
The three languages found on the Rosetta Stone
What are Hieroglyphics, Demotic Script, and Greek?