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odds & ends
mummies
pyramids
religion
culture
100
What shape is a delta?
triangle
100
What is the name for the building where pharaohs were buried?
Pyramid.
100
What shape is the base (bottom) of a pyramid?
a square
100
What is the belief in many gods?
Polytheism?
100
What is a long pole with a bucket on one end, used to move water?
A shadoof.
200
What is the name for an Egyptian ruler?
Pharaoh.
200
What is a container for the organs of a mummy?
A canopic jar.
200
Why were pyramids built?
For a burial chamber.
200
Who is Osiris?
The god of the underworld.
200
What is the name for Egyptian writing, or picture writing?
hieroglyphics
300
Who was the greatest Egyptian warrior king?
Thutmose III.
300
What is a dead body that has been preserved from decaying?
A mummy.
300
Who was the Great Pyramid built for?
Khufu.
300
What god weighed the person's heart against the feather of justice, order and truth?
Anubis
300
What is a line of kings or rulers who belong to the same family?
a dynasty
400
Who is the first woman pharaoh?
Queen Hatshepsut.
400
What is another name for a stone coffin?
A sarcophagus.
400
How was the pyramid built?
We don't know for sure.
400
Who is Ra?
The sun god.
400
What is it called when there are hieroglyphs of a name written inside an oval shape?
a cartouche
500
Who was the pharaoh who changed his name to Akenaton to show he worshipped one god?
Amenhotep IV
500
What are the four organs taken out of mummies and saved in jars?
Liver, stomach, lungs, intestines.
500
Jean-Pierre Houdin believed that there are ___________ ____________ hidden inside the Great Pyramid.
internal ramps
500
The Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the son of this god.
Horus.
500
Who is Jean-Francois Champollion?
The first person to translate the hieroglyphics on Rosetta Stone.