Pharaohs
Who was the boy king?
Tutankhamun
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Pharaohs
What beetle is sacred and sometimes amulets are made in their image?
Dung Beetle (scarab)
The purpose of mummification was to
preserve the body for use in the afterlife
The god of chaos
Set
On what two continents is Egypt located?
Africa + Asia
The legal punishment for killing a cat?
death!
Who was the last pharaoh of Egypt?
Cleopatra
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Sphinx
This animal was worshiped like a god in Egypt. If one died, you would shave your eyebrows off to express your deep sorrow and mourning.
Cats
This organ was not removed during mummification
heart
The god of the dead
Osiris
The flooding of this feature allowed the civilisation of Egypt to flourish
The Nile River
These dolls were placed in tombs as servants for the dead in the afterlife
shabti dolls
Who was the most hated pharaoh?
Akhenaten
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Pyramids
A mummified (preserved) body of this animal has been found in Ancient Egypt.
Crocodile
This organ was removed with a hook
brain
Which direction was the correct direction to cross and enter the land of the dead?
West
If someone was travelling from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt, which direction would they be travelling in?
North (with the flow of the Nile River towards the delta)
Why would people shave off their eyebrows?
To mourn for a dead cat
How long did Hatshepsut hold on to the throne?
20 years
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Egyptians
What small insect devastated Egypt's agriculture?
Locusts /grasshoppers
This item used in mummification was about 1/4 of a kilometre in length
linen wrapping
goddess of the sky
Nut
What are the 'red lands'?
desert
What were the 2 most common colours of eye makeup used by both men and women in ancient Egypt?
black and green
Who united upper and lower Egypt as shown on a pallet?
Narmer
spapury
papyrus
This bird of prey represented the sun god Ra and the pharaoh
falcon
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The goddess of love, beauty, dance and music.
Hathor
This Greek philosopher called Egypt "The gift of the Nile"
Herodotus
Cleopatra had a special ability that made her a great ambassador. What was it?
She was multilingual (could speak 7 languages).
Which pharaoh was the leader of the largest chariot battle?
Ramses ll
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Akhenaten
This elongated carnivorous reptile protected the pharaoh
cobra
These were used to store organs
canopic jars
Mythological beasts with snake necks and leopard bodies
serpopards
The Nile used to regularly flood in this month
July
What was "Hut-ka-ptah"?
The Ancient Egyptian name for Egypt