Egyptian Gods
She nourished all life with her milk and her name meant “House of Horus”.
Who is Harthor?
“God’s Wife, King’s Daughter, King’s Sister, Great Royal Wife” in an inscription at Aswan.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
He built Amarna as the center for the worship of his god, Aten.
Who is Akhenaten?
Instead of building a huge pyramid, they built one of more valuable stone.
What is Menkaure's Pyramid?
During the Opet Festival, the statue of Amun at Karnak traveled to the Luxor Temple. This was a festival to promote fertility
What is the Luxor Temple.
He is also considered to be the god of the underworld.
Who is Anubis?
When the king’s died his son, Siptah, took over the throne. However, Siptah was a sickly boy and unable to rule Egypt effectively.
Who is Queen Twosret?
He restored the capital to Thebes after the death of Akhenaten and restored the worship of the old gods.
Who is King Tut?
Khufu built this pyramid around 2506 BC. It is 481 feet high and 756 feet long at the base.
What is The Great Pyramid?
It was the center of the worship of Amun and had four separate temple complexes
What is Karnak?
Except for the red crown, people regarded the color red as an evil color because of its connection to Set.
Who is Seth?
Ay is also believed by some to have plotted against King Tut, or played a part in his murder.
Who is Queen Ankhesenamun?
He ruled during the Old Kingdom and built the first true stone pyramid, the Step Pyramid.
Who is Djoser?
Scholars have excavated most of his funerary complex, which has a unique feature, the Great Sphinx.
What is Khafre's Pyramid?
The builders carved the temples out of a mountain and Egyptologists moved them in the 1960s when they were in danger of flooding. The temples’ construction demonstrated the pharaoh’s power to his southern neighbors.
What is Abu Simbel?
One of the most famous legends putting the body of her husband back together after he was killed by Set, impregnating herself with his body and giving birth to their son Horus.
Who is Isis?
Their father, Ptolomy XII, regained power and when he died, she married her twelve year old brother, Ptolemy XIII.
Who is Queen Cleopatra?
He was murdered by one of his wives.
Who is Ramses III?
When the pyramid reached the height of 131 feet, cracks developed in the interior corridors and the outer casing, possibly due to the steep angle of the walls.
What is the Bent Pyramid?
The flooding of the Nile has damaged this temple and it is not as well preserved as other examples.
What is the Ramesseum?
He is the father of the gods and is usually depicted with the body of a human and the head of a falcon.
Who is Ra?
The most beautiful and powerful queens of Egypt. Her name means, “The beautiful one has come”.
Who is Queen Nefertiti?
He ruled Egypt for 45 years and created the largest empire ever in Egypt. Thutmose was buried in the Valley of the Kings.
Who is Thutmose III?
The result was the first step pyramid, and it was 204 feet high.
What is Jdoser’s Step Pyramid?
Reliefs in this temple depict the arrival and defeat of the Sea Peoples. It is 690 X 1000ft and there are over 75,000 sq.
What is Medinet Habu?