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100

Identify the river that is very important to the Ancient Eqyptians.  

The Nile River

100

Name 4 present-day countries through which The Nile river flows.

  • Burundi
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda 
100

Which sea does this river flow into?  

Mediterranean Sea

100

Which pharaoh’s coffin was first discovered on November 4, 1922

King Tutankhamun

100

What was the process of preparing a body after death called?

Mummification

200

How old was King Tut when he died?

18 or 19 years old

200

Write doen what these professions do?

  • pharaoh
  • advisor
  • craftsman
  • scribe
  • slaves

Scribe: read, wrote, and kept records 

Craftsman: made pots, clothes, jewelry and shoes

Slaves: did housework, built homes and temples, worked in gardens and on farms

Advisor: made recommendations to the pharaoh

pharaoh: ruled over Egypt

200

Explain why this river was so important to the Ancient Egyptians.  

Without it, the civilization could not have existed:

Fresh water, Food, irrigation, transport and trade, egyptian calendar

200

What would pharaohs do to make sure that they were comfortable in the afterlife?

They believed you would still need your physical items in the next world, everything a person required for daily life was buried with them in their tomb:

*Packed their Tombs with Precious Possessions

*Stored Eternal Rations of Food and Water  

*Building Luxury Leisure Boats

200

Explain the process of mummification

Cleaning

removing the organs

Drying the body out

Reshaping/stuffing and perfuming

Wrapping

300

When did the Egyptians start writing?


3400 BCE

300

When was the pyramid of Giza built.




2450 B.C

300

What did the Ancient Egyptians believe happened to you after death?

  • The Entrance: The jackal-headed god Anubis holds the hand of the deceased scribe, Hunefer, leading him into the Hall of Ma'at.
  • The Golden Scales:
    • Anubis kneels to adjust the balance.
    • Hunefer's heart (shaped like a small jar) is weighed against the Feather of Truth (Ma'at) on the right side of the scale.
    • The hybrid monster Ammit (part-crocodile, part-lion, part-hippopotamus) sits below, eagerly waiting to eat the heart if it fails.
    • The ibis-headed scribe god Thoth stands with a reed brush and palette to record the final verdict. 
  • The Presentation and Paradise: Because Hunefer passes the test, the falcon-headed god Horus proudly introduces him to Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld. Osiris sits on his throne under a canopy, backed by his divine sisters Isis and Nephthys. At the top, Hunefer kneels in front of a panel of divine judges to declare his innocence
300

Which professions had the highest social standing in Ancient Egyptian society and which had the lowest rank?      

Highest: pharaoh

Lowest: slaves

300

The Rosetta Stone is discovered.


1799

400

Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun’s tomb.

1922

400

Who is the god: This jackal-headed god was the protector of the dead and led souls to the Hall of Judgment. 

Anubis

400

Who is the god:

He was the green-skinned King of the Underworld who judged whether a soul was worthy of paradise.

Osiris

400

Who is the god:

This falcon-headed god was the protector of the living pharaoh and the son of Osiris.

Horus

400

Who is the god:

She was the goddess of magic, motherhood, and healing, and she used her wings to protect the dead.

Isis

500

Who is the god:

This supreme sun god sailed across the sky in a golden boat every day and fought a giant snake every night.

Ra

500

Who is the god:

This terrifying hybrid monster had a crocodile head, lion body, and hippo backside, and she ate heavy hearts.

Ammit

500

Who is the god:

He was the ibis-headed god of wisdom, writing, and schoolteachers who recorded the final scores at the scales.

Thoth

500

Who is the god:

This cat-headed goddess was fiercely protective and was loved as the guardian of homes, family, and good health.

Bastet

500

This body part was left inside the mummy because Egyptians believed it held a person's intelligence and records of all their deeds.

The heart