Characters
This boy is the main character who wants to become a sculptor like his father.
Who is Senmut?
This dangerous animal bites Senmut’s father at the beginning of the story.
What is a cobra?
This major river is mentioned often as the source of water and life.
What is the Nile River?
Menkh shows Senmut how to eat these insects for food in the desert.
What are scarab beetles?
“Run!” — said by this character while fighting the cobra.
Who is Yuf?
Senmut’s father, a master sculptor who is bitten by a cobra.
Who is Yuf?
Senmut accidentally commits a crime when his chisel kills this bird.
What is a dove?
During the Festival of Opet, people gather to watch the statue of this god carried in a parade.
Who is Amun?
Menkh finds seeds for food by digging into this insect colony.
What is an anthill?
“You must listen to your inner voice.”
Who is Kaswan?
This boy befriends Senmut during the desert journey and teaches him survival tricks.
Who is Menkh?
Instead of execution, Senmut is sentenced to work in these deadly mines.
What are the gold mines of Nubia?
Ancient Egyptians believed a person’s spirit or life force traveled to the afterlife and was called this.
What is the ka?
Menkh teaches Senmut to make this sound to scare away jackals.
What is a lion’s roar?
“I am going to escape.”
Who is Menkh?
The Pharaoh whose son becomes very sick during the plague.
Who is Ramses II?
While imprisoned, Senmut secretly creates this statue hoping it will heal his father.
What is a statue of Sekhmet?
This job was important in ancient Egypt because artists carved statues of gods and important people.
What is a sculptor?
Prisoners marching through the desert risk dying from thirst, heat, and these animals that eat the dead.
What are jackals?
“You are the sculptor.”
Who is Merneptah?
The Pharaoh’s son who becomes ill but is healed after Senmut’s statue is brought to him.
Who is Merneptah?
At the end of the story, Senmut is rewarded with this prestigious job.
What is apprentice to the Royal Sculptor?
This goddess of healing is the subject of Senmut’s statue.
Who is Sekhmet?
This harsh environment prisoners must cross on their way to the mines nearly kills many of them.
What is the desert?
“Senmut shall have his place in the sun.”
Who is Ramses II?