Writing & Language
The ______ ______, named after the branch of the Nile River where it was found, is the reason why we are able to understand and read hieroglyphs.
Answer: Rosetta Stone
The term “pharaoh” translates directly to mean ______ ______.
Answer: Great House
During the ______s, Europeans became fascinated with Egyptian artifacts.
Answer: 1800s
The ancient Egyptians believed that, in the afterlife, the dead first went to ______.
Answer: The Hall of Judgment
Mummified bodies, as the last step in the mummification process, were
placed in a ______.
Answer: Sarcophagus
One of ______ Bonaparte’s soldiers literally stumbled upon the key to translating hieroglyphs.
Answer: Napoleon
Pyramids, although costly to build, were constructed to serve as ______ for pharaohs.
Answer: Tombs
______ was a source of medicine, food, and perfume; additionally, it became invaluable in the papermaking process.
Answer: Papyrus
If you were an ancient Egyptian and wanted to prevent evil spirits from coming near your family, you would pray to the god(dess) ______.
Answer: Bastet
In 1922, a scientist named Howard Carter found a 3,300 year old mummy named ______ ______.
Answer: King Tut
The people within ancient Egypt who could read and write hieroglyphs were known as ______.
Answer: Scribes
Certain dynasties of pharaohs in ancient Egypt contained ______ bloodlines, due to the close proximity to that neighboring country.
Answer: Greek
Some doctors during the 19th century would prescribe ground up mummies as a cure for ______ and ______.
Answer: Stomachaches and headaches
Horus, god of the sky and kingship, had two different colored eyes which represented ______ and ______.
Answer: The Sun and the Moon
The main goal of mummification was to get all the ______ out of the body since that is what caused most of the decay.
Answer: Water or Moisture
Hieroglyphs, which means ______ ______ in Greek, was the picture writing of ancient Egypt.
Answer: Sacred Writing
______ was the name of the first pharaoh of Egypt.
Answer: King Menes
Historians are generally in agreement that the destruction of the ______ ______ ______ caused humanity to lose centuries of progress and knowledge.
Answer: Library of Alexandria
______ was the name of this deity, according to myth, who gathered the chopped up pieces of their spouse across Egypt.
Answer: Isis
Egyptians believed that your spirit, or ______, needed a home which is why bodies were preserved.
Answer: Ka
Interestingly enough and unlike English writing, hieroglyphs contain no spaces and no ______.
Answer: Punctuation
Due to the discovery of cancer within certain Egyptian mummies, scientists have determined that cancer is caused by ______.
Answer: Genetics or Hereditary Causes
Contrary to popular belief, the oldest and best preserved mummies are from the continent of ______ ______.
Answer: South America (Country: Chile)
Embalmers, in order to keep their identity anonymous, would wear the mask of a ______, which mimics one Egyptian deity.
Answer: Jackal
Embalmers would place important organs like the stomach, liver, and lungs (not the ______) into ______ jars.
Answer: Brain and Canopic jars