Gods and Goddesses
Important Sun God
Who is Ra?
Plant that grows along the Nile. It is used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
Dried fruit that was a favorite treat of Ancient Egyptians
What are dates?
The Red and White double Menes crown represented this
What is the unification of upper and lower Egypt?
A tomb for Pharaohs
What is the purpose of the pyramids?
God of knowledge, wisdom, hieroglyphics
Who is Thoth?
The Nile does this and enriches the soil with many nutrients that crops need to grow.
What is flooding?
Job in Egypt that involves writing hieroglyphs on papyrus paper
What is a scribe?
Boy king who became pharaoh at age 8 or 9 and died at about age 18
Who was King Tutankhamen?
What is Giza?
Set (or also spelled Seth)
Who is the goddess of chaos?
Why didn’t the desert bean grow?
Ancient Egyptians never ate this because they thought the animal was dirty
What is pork?
The Queen of great beauty. She was an important part of Egypt Game
Who is Nefertiti?
2-14 tons
How much did each stone block in the pyramids weigh?
God with a jackal head
Who is Anubis?
What are cattle, grain, linen cloth, fruit or people?
Wealthy men and women often wore wigs made of this
What is wool or human hair?
The Crook and Flail
What symbols did the pharaohs hold?
Limestone
What were the pyramids made out of?
A symbol of an eye is related to this god
Who is Horus?
Where the Nile River flows to
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Hieroglyphs were a more formal way of writing, while this was more casual
What is hieratic and demotic writing?
Pharaohs collected these as taxes from the Egyptian People
What are crops?
Lower Egypt
Where are most of the pyramids located?