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Egyptian Fast Facts
100
Historians believe he was the first king of Egypt.
Who is Menes (Narmer) ?
100
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River ?
100
These were the people incharge of embalming the dead.
Who are priests ?
100
Egyptians were the first to use this.
What is papyrus writing paper ?
100
This is the name we give to ancient Egyptian rulers because they were thought to be living gods.
What is pharaoh ?
200
This area was symbolized by the double crown.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt ?
200
This is the cardinal direction that the Nile flows.
What is North ?
200
These were the four organs that were removed during the embalming process.
What are liver, stomach, lungs and intestines ?
200
These were the Egyptians that were incharge of recording their history in writing.
Who are scribes ?
200
This is what B.C.E. means.
What is Before Common Era ?
300
There were female rulers in ancient Egypt but she was the only one that was a pharaoh.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut ?
300
These three reasons why ancient Egyptians lived near the River Nile.
What are transportation, provide water and soil for going crops ?
300
These were the containers that the organs were placed into after they were removed from the body.
What are canopic jars ?
300
The original writing system of ancient Egypt.
What is hieroglyphics ?
300
This is the civilization that takes over Egypt after Queen Cleopatra VII dies.
What is the Roman Empire ?
400
He was so great that nine other pharaohs took his name in his honour.
Who is Ramses II ?
400
These are two things that ancient Egyptians made from the reeds growing along the River Nile.
What are paper and boats ?
400
This is the reason the body was decorated with jewelry.
What is to protect the body from harm ?
400
This is the name of the artifact allows us to read ancient Egyptian hieroglypics.
What is the Rosetta Stone ?
400
This is the drink of choice even for children.
What is beer ?
500
These are the four objects that images of ancient Egyptian pharaohs often had.
What are headdress, false beard, crook and flail ?
500
This is the two main reasons why the River Nile flooded each year.
What are melting snow from the mountains and heavy summer rain ?
500
This is the name of the salt used to perserve the organs.
What is natron ?
500
Most Egyptians could not read or write. This is the term we give to people that can not read or write.
What is illiterate ?
500
The time that one family ruled over many generations was called this.
What is a dynasty ?