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Gods
Beliefs
Mummification
Tombs and Pyramids
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What is the god of the sun?
The God Ra.
100
What is polytheistic religion?
The belief of many gods.
100
What is the process of mummification called?
Embalming.
100
Why did the Egyptians create the tombs and pyramids
They made them for the kings, as they were monumental.
200
What is one of the most evil gods?
Apophis the god of evil, chaos, darkness and destruction.
200
Did the ancient Egyptians believe in more than one god?
Yes
200
What did the Egyptians remove from the body before mummifying them?
They removed the organs and the moisture from the body.
200
How long did it take to make a tomb or pyramid?
It took about twenty years to make one.
300
What is the goddess of love birth and death?
Hathor.
300
What was one of the beliefs about the afterlife
The field of Offerings / Rushes
300
Why did they leave the bodies in a dried form?
So that they did not decay easily.
300
Why did it take them so long to build the pyramids?
It took them so long because of how big it is.
400
Who is Horus?
The god of the sky, war and hunting.
400
What did they believe the Book Of the Dead was?
They think that the scripts will give them passage to the afterlife.
400
Why did they do the mummification process?
Because they thought it would help them get into the afterlife.
400
How tall is an average pyramid?
About 455 feet tall.
500
What god did they worship the most?
They worshiped Amun-Ra the most
500
Why did they worship the gods?
They did not want to make the gods mad, leading them to hurt them.
500
What is the first step in the mummification process?
They removed all of the organisms and the moisture.
500
What did they use the tombs for?
They used them for the kings and pharaohs.