Hieroglyphs
This artifact contains the same message in three languages and allowed us to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This green god was cut into tiny pieces by his brother Seth
Who is Osiris?
There are this many major pyramids on the Giza complex
What is three?
This body part was considered the center of the soul and was left in the body during the mummification process
What is the heart?
This Egyptian river floods every May through August, bringing fertile land to the surrounding area
What is the Nile?
Out of 100, 1000, or 10000, there were approximately this many different hieroglyphs
What is 1000?
This god drove the sun chariot across the sky every day
This is why the Sphinx's nose is missing
What is it was defaced by locals in the 1400s (not hit by a cannonball)?
This was the name of the Egyptian underworld
What is Duat?
This pigment color was made in the 1700s and 1800s by grinding up Egyptian mummies
What is Mummy Brown?
This was the name of the oval surrounding a pharaoh's name
What is a cartouche?
This god of wisdom was tasked with maintaining the order of the universe
Who is Thoth?
The Great Pyramid was designed as a tomb for what pharaoh?
Who is Khufu?
This amulet was considered a symbol of life
What is the ankh?
This sky goddess was often depicted as a woman laying across the heavens
Who is Nut?
The three main types of hieroglyphs were Standard Hieroglyphs, Cursive Hieroglyphs, and this
What is Hieratic?
This goddess of music and joy was often depicted as a cow
Who is Hathor?
Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered with this whitish mineral
What is limestone?
Internal organs removed during the mummification process were placed in these
What are canopic jars?
This pharaoh's tomb was said to be cursed, as several members of Howard Carter's team died shortly after opening it
Who is Tutankhamun?
An arm represents this letter in Egyptian hieroglyphs
What is A?
This goddess of cats was, fittingly enough, a cat
Who is Bastet?
He was the architect who designed the Great Pyramid
Who is Hemiunu?
This secret version of the Book of the Dead was reserved for pharaohs
What is the Amduat?
Who is Cleopatra?