Egyptian WOW
Gods and Pharoahs
Mummies
Geography
Surprise!
100
The name of the system of writing used in ancient Egypt?
What are Hieroglyphics?
100
The youngest recorded pharaoh who died at the age of 19.
Who was King Tut.
100
The practice of preparing a body to keep its physical form and protect it from bacteria.
What is mummification?
100
The fertile area of the river before it ends in the sea.
What is the delta?
100
The artifact discovered with three different languages that helped decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
The heads of the Egyptian governments. They are remembered for establishing extensive irrigation systems and for building tombs as the imposing pyramids, which still stand today.
Who were the pharaohs?
200
Two Egyptian deities known as God of the Dead.
Who is Anubis or Osiris?
200
The embalmers thought this organ unimportant and removed it from the body without preserving it for the afterlife.
What is the brain?
200
The present capitol of Egypt.
What is Cairo?
200
This was believed to give the power of creation/rebirth and protected your heart in the Hall of Judgement.
What is a scarab beetle?
300
A person who copied documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
Who were the scribes?
300
The female pharaoh who worked to ally Rome with Egypt but was eventually defeated by the Roman Army.
Who was Cleopatra?
300
The number of days to complete the mummification process.
What are 70 days?
300
The place located in Lower Egypt that has thousands of buried tombs to protect the dead from grave robbers.
What is Valley of the Kings?
300
One of the most used plant resources by Ancient Egyptians.
What is papyrus?
400
Small Egyptian water craft used for leisure, utility, and for fishing, and have a one-person or small crew.
What is a skiff?
400
Egyptian culture worshiped this god above all others.
Who is Ra or Ammun Ra or Ramine Noodle?
400
The drying material used in the process of mummification.
What is Natron?
400
The three main water sources in Egypt.
What are the Nile River, Medditeranian and Red Seas?
400
Wife of Osiris and goddess of motherhood, rebirth, and healing.
Who is Isis?
500
To decline from a sound or prosperous condition; to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force; to undergo decomposition.
What is decay?
500
Who were the two Gods to meet the dead and guide them through the Hall of Judgement in the afterlife?
Who were Anubis and Horus?
500
These organs were preserved in canopic jars to ensure the Pharaoh would have them for the afterlife.
What are the liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach?
500
The natural obstacles (rapids, shallow water) that made navigation difficult on the Nile.
What are cataracts?
500
Egyptian ruler who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who was King Narmer?