Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
This word means a long, long time ago
What is ancient?
This pharaoh became king at age 9
Who is King Tut?
The Nile is the shortest river in the world? true or false
False
The Nile is the __________ river in the world
longest
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
True of False: The Nile floods every year
What is True?
This word is what happens when there was too much water for the Nile to hold
What is flood?
It took about _____ days to mummify a body.
What is 70 days?
In order to construct the pyramids, Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and _____________.
mathematics
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
What is Sphinx?
Mummies were placed in these
What is a tomb? pyramids for pharaohs
Before mummification, name the organ that was removed through the nose.
What is the brain?
A mummy was kept in a case called a
What is a sarcophagus?
What was the heart weighed against to gain entry to the afterlife?
Feather
Egyptian Sun God
Who is Ra?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is it provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
This is what is inside canopic jars
What are body parts?
This organ was left inside the body, it was thought to be the center of intelligence and emotion.
heart
This kind of amulet was placed over the heart.
Scarab
archeologist, Howard Carter found this in 1922
What is King Tut's tomb?
True or False: All ancient Egyptians knew how to read and write
What is False?
The ancient Egyptians invented calendars based on
sun and moon
This substance was used to absorb all moisture from the body during the mummification process.
What is natron?
This organ was kept in the jackal head of the canopic jars.
What is the stomach?