Golden Goblet
This is the main character of the story.
Ranofer
This person was the first female pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
This natural occurrence happens every year. People celebrated when it happened because, without it, life along the Nile would not have be possible.
Floods
This river in Egypt overflows every year, depositing rich silt and making the soil fertile.
Nile River
What is the name of the symbols used for writing in ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphs
This is the main character’s half-brother, who is also a tomb robber.
Gebu
This pharaoh is known as the boy king. His tomb was previously undisturbed and full of treasure when discovered.
King Tut
In this process, internal organs were removed (except for the heart), the body was preserved using natron, and wrapped in linen.
Mummification
What is the name of the place where many pharaohs were buried?
Valley of the Kings
What is the name of the paper-like material made from reeds?
papyrus
What is the one thing that Ranofer truly desires?
Freedom
This pharaoh is known for attempting to change Egypt from polytheism to monotheism.
Amenhotep
These structures were built as tombs for pharaohs and often their consorts.
pyramids
What direction does the Nile River flow?
South to North
The discovery of this included writing in ___, ___, and hieroglyphics.
demotic, Greek
This place was named because the work of the craftsmen who lived and worked here made things that went into tombs.
City of the Dead
The body of this pharaoh rests in the Great Pyramid.
Khufu
Because not all people knew who to write, this was a powerful job to have.
Scribe
What continent is Egypt located in?
Africa
This was the broken fragment of ancient Egyptian stela inscribed with 3 different scripts.
Rosetta Stone
This is the city in Egypt where the story took place.
Thebes
This pharaoh was the father of Hatshepsut and a great conqueror, doubling the size of Egypt.
Thutmose I
In ancient Egypt, people believed in many gods. The word for this is _____.
polytheism
Outside of this Egyptian city is the mesa where three large pyramids may be found.
Giza
This is the person known as The Man who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
Jean Francios Champollion