The Source of Life
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile River?
This is the continent where Egypt is located
What is Africa?
The primary writing system used in ancient Egypt for monumental inscriptions and other important texts.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The vessels used during the mummification process to store and protect the internal organs of the deceased
What were Ancient Egyptian canopic jars?
A collection of stories about a religion or culture, typically seeking to explain the way things are in the world.
What is Mythology? What are Myths?
The Nile River flows in this cardinal direction.
What is North?
The Nile River empties into this large body of water in northern Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The process of preserving a body, typically after death, by drying or embalming it, preventing decay.
What is mummification?
During the mummification process of ancient Egypt, this body part was removed from the skull through the nose.
What is the brain?
Depicted as a falcon, this god was a sky god associated with war and hunting.
Who was Horus?
These two rivers empty into the Nile River
What is The Blue Nile and The White Nile?
This famous desert is located in western Egypt.
What is The Sahara Desert?
In ancient Egypt, this figure (person) was not just a ruler; they were considered divine (god-like) figures, and held both political and religious authority.
Who is the pharaoh?
What is the book of the dead?
The god of chaos, violence, deserts, and storms. In the Osiris myth, he is the murderer of Osiris.
Who was Seth?
The Nile River is approximately _________ miles long.
What is 4,000 miles?
This rich fertile strip of land along the Nile River where the river empties into the Mediterranean sea. Here agriculture is abundant.
What is the Nile Delta?
The pivotal annual (yearly) event in Egyptian civilization. Where the river gradually swelled until it overflowed its banks and flooded the surrounding plains.
What is inundation?
A crucial trial where the deceased's heart was weighed against the feather of truth, Ma'at, to determine their moral worthiness.
What was the weighing of the heart ceremony?
The ancient Egyptians built these important structures to worship their gods.
What are the grand temples?
The Nile's annual floods are regulated by this Dam.
What is the Aswan High Dam?
Apart from the Nile Valley, the majority of Egypt's landscape is characterized by this land biome which received very little precipitation, resulting in a lack of vegetation and a harsh, dry environment.
What is a Desert?
Ancient Egyptians found this plant material useful for various purposes, including writing, art, and creating everyday items like mats, baskets, and rope
What is Papyrus?
The underworld, a realm of darkness and challenges, where the deceased's spirit journeyed.
What is the Duat?
The belief in or worship of more than one god. It's the opposite of monotheism, which is the belief in one god.
What is polytheistic?