The major cult center of this Sun God was in Heliopolis.
Who is Ra? or Who is Re?
100
Lord of Creation and Protector of the Poor and Weak, this creator god was later combined with Ra to become a hyphenated deity.
Who is Amon or Amen? Who would be Amen-Ra?
100
Our word for paper comes from this Egyptian word that originally meant "that which belongs to the house".
What is Papyrus?
100
The Egyptians used this process to to preserve their bodies.
What is mummification?
100
Ancient Egyptian writing uses more than 2,000 of these.
What are hieroglyphs or hieroglyphic characters?
200
This mythical creature of Greece has the haunches and tail of a lion, the wings of a great bird, but the head of a male if Egyptian.
What is a Sphinx?
200
This god of wind and storms and ruler of the deserts is seen as the one who brings chaos to Egypt and is the enemy of Osiris and Horus.
Who is Seth?
200
The priest in charge of mummification would wear the mask of this animal representing the god Anubis.
What is a jackal?
200
Discovered in 1799, by Napoleon's army, this stone proved the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
What is the Rosetta stone?
300
This firebird of Ancient Egypt is portrayed as a bird that dies in fire and is reborn of it.
What is a phoenix?
300
When the hearts are weighted against the feather of truth, those that fail the test are devoured by this Egyptian beast with the head of a crocodile, a lion's body and the rear end of a hippopotamus.
Who is Ammut?
300
The mummified body was placed in a stone coffin known as this.
What is a sarcophagus?
300
A monolithic stone with a quadrangular base, placed upright and ending with a pointed top. in Egypt, these monolithic stones were inscribed on four sides with hieroglyphs dedicated to Ra, the sun god.
What is an obelisk?
400
This Egyptian cat-headed goddess was also "Daughter of Ra"
Who is Bestet?
400
Originally the lord of the dead before Osiris, his name is often seen on tombs, as he was the protector of the physical body after death.
Who is Anubis?
400
Ancient Egyptians believed that if you wrote your name on this oval nameplate for coffins, you would not disappear when you die.
What is a cartouche?
400
The tomb of this boy-king was discovered on November 4, 1922 by English archaeologist Howard Carter.
Who is Tutankhamun?
500
Falcon-headed son of Isis and Osiris, he is lord of the sky and horizon.
Who is Horus?
500
This bird was the mythical phoenix of Egypt, and was associated with the rising of the Nile, resurrection, and the sun.
What is the Bennu Bird?
500
During the mummification process the organs of the human body were removed and preserved separately in these jars decorated with the heads of the four sons of Horus.
What are canopic jars?
500
This desert valley located on the west bank of Thebes was first used as a royal necropolis in the New Kingdom era of Ancient Egypt.