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Rulers of Ancient Egypt
Who's Your Mummy?
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Nile River
What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt? What river was known as the 'life blood' of Egypt?
100
pharaoh
What is the title that was used by the kings of Egypt?
100
mummy
What is the name given to a body that has been accidentally preserved by nature or on purpose by humans?
100
polytheism
What is the belief in many gods called?
100
West of the Nile
Where was the 'Land of the Dead'?
200
Black Lands
What was another name for the fertile strip of land on either side of the Nile?
200
Dynasty
What is a series of rulers from the same family known as?
200
Decay (rot)
What happens to a body if it is not preserved in some way?
200
Amon-Re
Who is the chief god of the ancient Egyptians?
200
Afterlife
What is another name for life after death?
300
Red Lands
What was another name for the desert in Ancient Egypt?
300
The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, The New Kingdom
What are the major time periods that Ancient Egypt is divided into?
300
heart
What organ was thought to be the centre of intelligence & thought? What major organ was usually left in the body during the mummification process?
300
Osiris
Who is the god of the afterlife?
300
Linen
What is the type of cloth that the Egyptians used to wrap the preserved body in?
400
Natron
What is the name of the naturally occurring salt found in Egypt?
400
Regent
What is term used for someone who rules fro a child until the child is old enough to rule?
400
canopic jars
What are the jars that contained the lungs, liver, stomach & intestines called?
400
Shabtis/'Funeral Servants'
What is the name of the models/replicas of human servants that were placed in the tomb with the mummy?
400
Amulets
What were placed in between the layers of linen to help protect the mummy as it journeyed through the underworld?
500
Natural protection
How did the the desert land of Egypt benefit (help) the Ancient Egyptians?
500
Hatshepsut
Who ruled as a regent for her step-son Thutmose (the 3rd)?
500
embalming
What is the term given to the process used to preserve a body?
500
Book of the Dead
What is the name of the book of magical spells written to help the ancient Egyptian safely reach their afterlife?
500
Anubis
Who was the God of Mummification?