Pharaohs
A word meaning "great house".
What is Pharaoh?
This tomb was found in 1922.
What is King Tut's tomb?
A warm and sunny place in northern Africa.
What is Egypt?
Ancient Egyptians believe that this is better than life on earth.
What is the afterlife?
The Egyptians are known for this complex form of written language.
What is hieroglyphics?
The boy becomes king at age 9.
Who is King Tut?
Many thousands of these worked to build the pyramids.
What are slaves?
The largest desert in the world.
What is the Sahara?
Ancient Egyptians believe that their leaders are descended from this.
What are the gods?
We still count this many days in a year.
What is the 365-day calendar?
She is the first woman to rule Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The largest pyramids in the world are located here.
What is Giza?
A mighty river that runs through Egypt.
What is the Nile?
The belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheistic?
This process is used to prepare a body after death.
What is embalming?
The most successful leader during the new kingdom.
Who is Ramses II?
Many civilizations have built pyramids to honor the gods called
What is a temple?
An area of fertile soil where a river meets an ocean.
What is a delta?
Egypt had this form of government in which the pharaoh was both a political and religious leader.
What is a theocracy?
This is the process of tightly wrapping an embalmed body in long strips of linen.
What is mummification?