Pharaohs
Who was daughter of Thutmose I, wife of Thutmose II, and regent to Thutmose III, before becoming pharaoh? (page 292 EH)
Hatshepsut
What was Egyptian paper made from? (page 298 EH)
papyrus
What was the name of the ancient Egyptian guide to the afterlife? (pages 286, 287 EH)
The Book of the Dead
How was Osiris related to Isis?
brother/husband
What landcover makes up more than 90 per cent of Egypt? (page 277 EH)
desert
Who was the last pharaoh who took her own life rather than surrender to Octavian and the Romans?
Cleopatra VII
What's the name of the stone casing that held the coffins of royals like Tutankhamun? (page 287 EH)
sarcophagus
What was the Egyptian process of preserving the dead for the afterlife called? (page 286, 287 EH)
mummification
Who was known for her feather and was the goddess of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice?
Maat or MaŹ½at
What was the Gift of the Nile? (page 278 EH)
Egypt
Which 18th Dynasty pharaoh reached the throne at nine-years-old but died at 19? (page 302 EH)
Tutankhamun or King Tut
What inscribed stone slab was discovered and deciphered by the French? (pp. 299 EH)
Rosetta Stone
Alexander the Great and the founders of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt were originally from what country?
Greece (Macedonia)
Who had the head of a jackal and was the god of mummification? (page 287 EH)
Anubis
Ancient Egypt was always hot but it had three seasons anyway, what were they?
flooding, planting, and harvesting
What Upper Egyptian king conquered Lower Egypt and became the first Lord of the Two Lands? (page 281 EH)
Narmer, or Menes
What were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt called? (page 294 EH)
scribes
What was built for Pharaoh Khufu with 2.4 million large stone blocks 4,500 years ago? (pages 288, 289 EH)
The Great Pyramid
What Sky God was the miracle child of Isis and Osiris? (page 285)
Horus
The Blue Nile and White Nile join to form what single great river? (p. 277)
The Nile River
What 19th Dynasty pharaoh had over two hundred wives and girlfriends, and over a hundred or so children? (pages 300, 301 EH)
Ramsses II
What was the name of the stone slab that unlocked the mystery of hieroglyphics? (page 299 EH)
The Rosetta Stone
Who did Narmer marry after he conquered Lower Egypt?
the princess from Lower Egypt
The creature/goddess Ammit consisted of which three animals? (page 286 EH)
crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus
What were Egyptians drafted to do during the flood season? (pages 288, 289 EH)
build... pyramids (and temples)