Tutankhamun

Geographical and Historical Context

100

Who paid for the search of Tutankhamun's tomb?

Lord Carnarvon.

200

Names of Egypt's two distinct geographic realms. Bonus:where are they located in cardinal language

Upper Egypt (South)

Lower Egypt (North)

300

What was the location in Egypt where New Kingdom Pharaohs were buried?

The Valley of the Kings.

400

Tut's Father?

Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)

500

Tut's successor?

Ay

Discovery

100

Who paid for Howard Carter's seasons of digging?

Lord Carnarvon

200

On what date was Tut's tomb discovered

November 1st, 1922

300

What room was the main hub of the tomb with all other rooms leading off it?

Antechamber.

400

Official site designation code for Tut's tomb?

KV62

500

Around how many artefacts were found in the tomb?

5000.

Tomb Paintings and Artefacts

100

Describe the evidence from the entrance corridor that suggests a break in in Ancient time 

Rubble had been pushed away from one side and artefacts had been left behind

200

34 ritual figures were found in black resined wooden shrines in which room of the tomb?

Treasury

300

List one piece of furniture found in the tomb

Options: 

• The Golden Throne (Wood, gold leaf, silver, and semi-precious stones)

• The Child’s Chair (Ebony and ivory)

• The Ceremonial "Ecclesiastical" Chair

• Three Gilded Ritual Couches (Cow, Lion, and Hippo-headed)

• The Folding Camp Bed

• The Painted Box/Chest (Scenes of warfare)

• Folding Stools with Duck-Head Feet

• Senet Game Boards (Ebony and ivory)

• Ivory Headrests

• Inlaid Footstools

• Alabaster Unguent Chests

• Wicker Baskets and Reed Chests

• Kohl Containers and Cosmetic Boxes

400

Which direction wall depicts Tutankhamun's Funeral Procession  

Eastern Wall

500

Which direction wall depicts three scenes: The Opening of the Mouth by Ay (Tutankhamun’s successor), The Greeting: Tutankhamun welcomed by the goddess Nut, The Embrace: Tutankhamun and his Ka embraced by Osiris

Northern Wall

Mummification

100

Excessive amount of this substance was poured over the mummy

Resin

200

Missing organ in Tut's mummification?

Heart

300

In the New Kingdom period of Ancient Egypt, which important innovation of the time was added to the traditional elements of the warrior pharaoh image?

Chariot.

400

How did Carter remove the body from the coffin?

Cut off head and limbs to cut/pull out 

500

Which organs of Tuts were placed in canopic jars?

Liver, lungs, stomach, intestines

Gods and Entombment

100

Which god oversaw the mummification process and the Pharaoh's journey to the afterlife?

Anubis.

200

Tut's successor, his vizier Ay, is depicted as performing which ceremony on the pharaoh?

The 'Opening of the Mouth' ceremony.

300

The Burial Chamber was decorated with scenes from this ancient Egyptian funerary text to help protect Tut in his journey in the afterlife.

The Book of the Dead.

400

Name the two deities that are depicted on the Northern Wall as greeting Tutankhamun in the afterlife.

Goddess Nut and Osiris.

500

Falcon-headed sun God?

God of the Nile and the Afterlife?

Female Goddess with cow horns?

Ra/Amun-Ra

Osiris

Hathor