Symbols
The key of life
Ankh
The containers used to place a mummy's organs.
Canopic jars.
The colour of the heavens, sky and water.
A stone stela carrying a royal message in Greek, hieroglyphs, and demotic. This artifact was the key to translating hieroglyphs.
The Rosetta Stone
The one organ left inside the mummy, which was "weighed" by the Gods to determine if a soul was pure enough to enter the afterlife.
The heart
The symbol of death, rebirth, power, and protection in the afterlife
Scarab beetle
This was used to wash and purify the body.
Water from the Nile river.
The colour of the skin of the gods, used often on pharaohs' sarcophagi
Gold
A wooden or stone box containing the coffin of a mummy.
Sarcophagus
The Book of the Dead
An oval shape placed around the names of royals written in hieroglyphs
Cartouche
The number of days it takes to complete the mummification process.
70
The colour symbolizing destruction, chaos, and the desert.
Red
The number of nested coffins King Tutankhamun was found inside.
3
This god would guide souls through the afterlife, and watch over the mummification process.
Anubis
A symbol to protect against envy, disease, evil spirits; and a symbol of good health and royal power.
The Eye of Horus (or The Eye of Ra)
These were placed within the mummy's wrappings to help protect its soul during its journey into the afterlife.
Amulets
The colour symbolic of growth, protection, and the god Osiris.
Green
Six of these were found in King Tutankhamun's tomb.
Chariots.
The name of the heavenly paradise in Ancient Egyptian afterlife
The Field of Reeds
The two emblems of Osiris, symbols of the Pharaoh's authority.
Crook and flail.
The name of the salty mixture used to dry out a body during mummification.
Matron
The colour symbolic of fertility, new life, and the Nile river.
Black
The most famous Egyptian artifact, found in King Tutankhamun's tomb.
King Tut's Death Mask
The name of the god of the underworld.
Osiris