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Mummification
Egypt
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Pharaohs
100

triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river

What is a delta?

100
The process of mummification often took this many days. 
What is 40-70?
100
Egypt is found in this continent. 
What is Africa?
100
The Nile River is about _____________ miles long. 
What is 4,000?
100

Worship of many gods and goddess. Often take on the characteristics of humans and animals. 

What is polytheism?

100
Egypt's first pharaoh.
Who is Menes/Narmar?
200

Goods sent out to other regions.

What is an export?

200

These jars were used to hold the organs of a mummified body. 

What are canopic jars?

200
The southern part of ancient Egypt was called this.
What is Upper Egypt?
200
There are many of these steep rapids along the Nile river.
What are cataracts?
200
This process preserved the bodies of Egyptians for the afterlife. 

What is mummification?

200
Pharaohs were thought to be this. 
What is a living god. 
300
Meaning "Great House", this was the name used by Egyptian leaders.

What is pharaoh?

300

Spells from this book would be recited during the process of mummification. 

What is The Book of The Dead?

300

This pharaoh is well known for all of the pyramids built for him. 

Who is Khufu?

300
These two rivers flow together to form the Nile. 
What are the Blue and White Nile?
300
When arriving in the afterlife, this is weighed by Osiris ensuring a person's morality.

What is their heart or Ba?

300

DAILY DOUBLE


This pharaoh is most well known for focusing on trade and expanding Egypt's economy.

400

Durable, paper-like material made from a reed plant

What is papyrus?

400

DAILY DOUBLE


This cloth was used as wrapping during mummification.

400
The Nile flooded every year, bringing rich soil called this. 
What is silt?
400

This desert borders the Egyptian civilization to the west.

What is the Sahara Desert?

400

Originally thought to have been solely built by slaves, new evidence shows this group played a role in building the pyramids.

What are farmers?

400

Pharaohs wore this crown, that showed the unification of Egypt.

What is the white and red crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt?

500

Goods brought in from different regions

What are imports?

500

He greeted those who had just died at the gate to the next world.

Who is Osiris?

500

This object help unlock the mystery of hieroglyphs. 

What is the Rosetta Stone?

500
Naturally occurring salt in the Sahara desert that played an important role in the preservation of bodies.

What is natron?

500

Egyptians were believers in this, a term meaning life after death. 

What is the afterlife?

500
His tomb was found undisturbed, sharing his rule as the "boy" king. 
Who is Tutankhamen?
600

period of Egyptian history when the empire reaches its peak power and wealth

What is the New Kingdom?
600

These were the only people to be mummified in the Old Kingdom. 

What are pharaohs?

600

The Greeks considered Egypt to be this. 

What is "A Gift of the Nile?"

600

The Nile River empties into this Sea. 

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

600

After death, this part of a person is still linked to the physical body. 

What is the Ka?

600

This Kushite leader would conquer Egypt and his brother would establish the 25th Egyptian Dynasty.

Who is Piankhi (Piye)?