Continuing Down the Nile
I am the world’s longest river?
The Nile River
A drawing or symbol that stands for a word or sound?
What is a hieroglyphic?
The days in the solar year used by the ancient Egyptians?
What is 365 days?
I am celebrated on January 7th in Egypt.
What is Christmas?
The Nile begins where these two meet
The White Nile and the Blue Nile
The people who also developed an early writing system around the same time as the Egyptians
Who were the Sumerians?
We added leap years when we ruled Egypt
Who are the ancient Greeks?
In Egypt, after the Christmas service, families enjoy a meal called fatta, made with bread, rice, meat, and garlic sauce.
What is traditional Egyptian Christmas food?
Rocky waterfalls in the Nile
Cataracts
Paper-like material Egyptians invented for writing
What is Papyrus?
The skills of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing?
What is Arithmetic?
In Snoqualmie, Washington not Kush why were students were sent home and schools closed on December 10, 2025.
What was flooding?
Dark soil left by the Nile’s floods?
Silt
Papyrus better than clay tablets
Because it was easier to write on and easier to carry?
Systems used to bring water to fields
What is Irrigation?
During the Egyptian Christmas celebration, a church prepared 43 meals of fatta for families after the Christmas Eve service. Later, 24 more meals were added. How many meals were prepared in total? Show your work.
What is 43 + 24 = 67?