Queen Cleopatra
Who was the last Pharaoh of Egypt?
Queen Cleopatra
Who is Anubis?
-is the god of death
Who performed mummifications?
Priests
10 years
2900 - 30 = 2870 years
After the Queen's death, what happened to Egypt?
Egypt became a province of Rome
Anubis
True or false: Only pharaohs were mummified
False
Why was King Tut famous?
He is famous because the 5,000 items in his tomb were intact when the tomb was discovered in the 1900s. In other words, no one had touched the tomb and its treasures for 3,000 years.
Who was the most powerful person in Ancient Egypt?
The Pharaoh
For how long did Pharaohs rule Egypt?
(The first Pharaoh started ruling in 2900 BCE and the last Pharaoh ended her rule in 30 BCE)
2900 - 30 = 2,870 years
Who is the goddess of cats, women, and children?
BASTET
What is the last step of mummification?
Wrap the body in linen and place the body in a sarcophagus
True or false: the king's relatives were buried in mastabas
True
What was the most important river in Egypt?
The Nile River
Why was Queen Cleopatra controversial? Give two reasons.
-she was married to her own brothers
-she played a role in the deaths of three of her siblings
Which god gives power to each pharaoh?
Horus (he has the face of a falcon)
What was the purpose of mummification?
To preserve the body for the afterlife
Are the Egyptians the only people in the world who built pyramids? (Yes or No)
No
Give me the NAME of the region where the Great Pyramid is located.
GIZA
Who wrote most of the stories about Queen Cleopatra?
Romans.
(They tended to portray her as evil and as a temptress)
According to the TED video, which god gives the soul the FINAL approval to enter the afterlife?
Also, what is the book of the dead?
OSIRIS
the book of the dead contained spells and codes that a soul would need to safely pass through the underworld
What is the afterlife?
a belief that after death, Egyptians would live another life
The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world for ???? years
3,800 years