King Tut
the age of King Tut when he became Pharaoh?
What is 8 years old?
this influenced EVERY aspect of Egyptian life.
What is religion?
a fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea. (not the airline)
What is a delta?
Egypt is located on this continent.
What is Africa?
a waterfall or rapids in a river.
What is a cataract?
the age of King Tut when he died of an infection.
What is 18 years old?
this god had the head of a falcon and was the god of the sun.
Who is RA?
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
the name of the archaeologist that discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922.
Who is Howard Carter?
this god had the head of a jackal (wild dog) and was the god of embalming and the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
A great tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh.
What is a pyramid?
the two sources of the Nile River. (Think colors!)
What are the Blue and White Nile?
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water into storage basins.
What is a shadoof?
Lord Carnarvon was bitten by this bug on his cheek that later led to an infection and his death.
What is a mosquito?
Ancient Egyptians believed gods could take both human and ________________ form or both.
What is animal?
a government representative to another country.
What is an envoy?
the direction the Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is North?
a reed plant that grew along the Nile River used to make material to write and paint on.
What is papyrus?
The alleged "Curse of King Tut" was said to cause these 3 things.
What is bad luck, illness and death?
this goddess had the head of a cat and was the goddess of fertility and child birth.
Who is Bastet?
a line of rulers from one family.
What is a dynasty?
Each summer the river would flood, leaving dark soil the ancient Egyptians called kemet. Also known as... (Think a color)
What is "the black land"?
the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying.
What is embalming?