Creations
A monument with the head of a man, and the body, legs, and paws of a lion.
What is the Sphinx?
The title given to an Egyptian king
What is Pharaoh?
He was the king that united Upper and Lower Egypt
The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found
What is the Valley of the Kings?
"The Gift of the Nile"
What is Egypt?
The large stone structure that was built as a tomb for King Khufu
What is the Great Pyramid?
A body wrapped and preserved for the afterlife
What is a mummy?
The pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt
Who is King Tut (Tutankhamen)?
This desert covers most of Egypt
What is the Sahara Desert?
A time of serious food shortage
What is a famine?
Ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects
What are hieroglyphics?
This Bible character became a vizier
Who is Joseph?
She was the only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt
Who is Hatshepsut?
This is a rock bed piled high in a river, creating waterfalls
What is a cataract?
The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing
The world's first paper-like material
What is papyrus?
This person was second in command to the pharaoh
What is a vizier?
He was the first pharaoh
Who is Akhenaton?
This is a build-up of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
An irrigation device used by ancient Egyptians
What is a shadoof?
A tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra
What is an obelisk?
This person was a secretary to the ruler in court
What is a scribe?
These are two landforms that gave special protection to Egypt
What are the desert and cataracts?
One reason that Egypt declined in power
What is that enemies started using iron weapons?