Burial Practices
What is another way of preserving a body besides mummification?
Embalming
Did Eqyptians practice polytheism or monotheism?
Polytheism
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
What city in Egypt is the largest?
Cairo
What is the Ka
The soul
What is Osiris the god of?
The underworld. What is his son's name? (Horus). After Anubis died and became god of the underworld, his son "the living king" was the god of the sun.
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
What is the most popular sport in Egypt?
Football (soccer)
What was Natron used for
drying out the body
What is Anubis the god of
embalming
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is Tutankhamun?
What happens if the link between the spirit and the body breaks? A) the Ka wouldn't receive the food or drink it needed B) Bodies weren't prepared for the afterlife
A
Who came first? Anubis or Osiris?
Anubis
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
the population who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
Who are boys?
What item of clothing was found in Egypt that is the oldest of its kind and is 5000 years old?
A dress
What is a way that a body could've been preserved in Ancient Egypt if they did not have a lot of money?
hot desert sand could be used.
How many deities were part of the Ennead?
Nine: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus.
Each team picks a captain: One at a time, whoever can name the most. extra 500
How many were there in total? each team goes. Who is closest without going over
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
Who ordered the pyramids to be built?
Pharaoh Khufu