Mummification
First came the embalming process. This process is when they treat the body with preservatives to prevent the decay of the body.
What is the first step of the Mummification process?
This is the vital mud-like fertilizer for the Egyptians crops that grow found all along the Nile river.
What is kemet?
Only land with soil able to grow soil along the banks of the Nile.
What was the fertile valley?
These monuments were constructed out of limestone blocks.
What were pyramids made out of?
Pharaoh Tut's tomb was the only tomb found with this characteristic.
Whose tomb was the only tomb found fully intact?
The body went under a natural mummification process due to the dry and hot conditions.
What natural process did the body go through in prehistoric pit graves?
They bring silt to Nile creating a fertilizer.
What do heavy rainfalls from the south bring?
Steep rapids and waterfall along the Nile
What are cataracts?
This form of burial monuments appeared in the beginning of the 18th-Dynasty. This underground passageway of tombs hold 63 know tombs.
What is the valley of the Kings?
She was the first woman Pharaoh who was known for encouraging trade.
Who was Hatshepsut?
It was a sticky tree sap used to hold together the bandages of a mummy.
What is resin and what was it used for?
This was called the gift from the gods because Egypt's whole society revolved around it. This is the reason why a civilization was able to grow in Egypt.
Why was the Nile the gift from the gods?
Lower Egypt is the closest part of Egypt located to this.
What part of Egypt is located closest to the Mediterranean Sea?
It was estimated that 70 million of these were buried across Egypt. The demand for these created a huge industry in Egypt producing into the millions. Many were only found participialy complete.
How many estimated animal mummies were buried in Egypt?
He was thought to have a limp due to a clubbed foot and a weak immune system.
What injury was Tut thought to have?
A ceremony where they enable the body to eat again in the afterlife.
What was the ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth?
This is a piece of technology that the Egyptians invented so it would be easier to carry water in the fields. It made to make lifting heavy water easier by having a bucket on one end and a weight on the other.
What was the Shaduf and what was it used for?
Crops grew well and people had plenty to eat due to the amount of water.
What happened during high Nile?
The Meidum Pyramid was the first to achieve this.
What was the first true pyramid?
What was natron and what was it used for?
Deir el-Madina is another name for this town.
What was the town of the Town of the Tomb Builders also called?
Akhet, Peret, Shemu.
What were the three seasons for Ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh Narmer untied the two kingdoms.
Which pharaoh united upper and lower Egypt together through irrigation systems?
This city was Akenaten's greatest construction project. It was dedicated to worship the new god (Aton) of Egypt's new monotheistic religion.
What was Akhetaton?
This was script used for everyday writing.
What is Hieratic script?