Mortifying Mummies
Egyptian Idol
Egyptian Life, After and Daily
Those Animals!
A Royal Mess
100
This person was in charge of mummification.
Who is an embalmer?
100
This god was the chief god of the ancient Egyptians.
Who is Amon-Re?
100
This is where the Egyptians believed they went after they died.
What is the afterlife?
100
A jackal's head was used for this god of mummification.
Who is Anubis?
100
This pharaoh changed his name because people thought he was the son of the god "Amen".
Who is Tutankhamen?
200
These containers were used to put organs in during mummification.
What are canopic jars?
200
Egyptians thought that this god traveled in a boat to the other side of the world.
Who is Re?
200
Lower Egypt borders this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
The god of wisdom and writing, Thoth, had this animal's head.
What is a crane?
200
Royalty was buried in these large tombs.
What are pyramids?
300
This pharaoh's tomb was the first tomb discovered not previously robbed by grave robbers.
Who is Tutankhamen?
300
This many days of the year were devoted to Osiris, Isis, Horus, Seth, and Nephthys.
What is five?
300
Egyptian women were thought of as living models of this goddess.
Who is Isis?
300
This figure is half-man half-lion.
What is a sphinx?
300
This queen from ancient Egypt was famous for committing suicide.
Who is Cleopatra?
400
Some embalmers put this in a pharaoh's nose to elevate it when they were mummified.
What are peppercorns?
400
This king who was murdered became the god of the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
400
This glue was used for making papyrus, a type of paper used by literate Egyptians.
What is papyrus sap?
400
These animals were used to hunt birds and other game in ancient Egypt.
What are cats?
400
Hatshepsut became pharaoh after this man died, who was her husband.
Who is Thutmosis II?
500
This is another name for the embalmer's workshop.
What is "The Beautiful House"?
500
This goddess was the goddess of cats and the home.
Who is Bast(et)?
500
This spirit was believed to come from the body of a dead person, and could not live without the body.
What is Ka?
500
This animal was used to represent the letter "L" in Egyptian hieroglyphs.
What is a lion?
500
The smallest of the royal tombs, which also was the oldest, was devoted to this pharaoh.
Who is Zoser?
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