Definitions
Historical Investigation Knowledge
Short answer responses
Mummification
Sources
100
Word used for an Egyptian king
pharaoh
100
Evidence created after the time of the event
secondary source
100
What does BC and BCE stand for?
Before Christ and Before Common Era
100
How was the brain removed?
With a hook through the nose
100
Is this a primary or a secondary source?
Primary source
200
A piece of evidence created at the actual time of the period being studied by the historian
chronology
200
The form of writing in pictures that Egyptians used
hieroglyphics
200
What does CE stand for?
Common Era
200
What was the body wrapped in?
linen
200
Who is this God?
Thoth
300
The God of death
Anubis
300
A skilled craftman
artisan
300
What language is AD in?
Latin
300
What was done with the organs?
They were removed and placed in canopic jars
300
Who is this God?
Anubis
400
Order of events based on when they occurred
chronology
400
The liquid used to dry out the body
natron
400
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domini
400
Which organ was not removed from the body?
the heart
400
What is happening in this scene?
The weighing of the heart ceremony
500
Someone who preserves bodies
embalmber
500
What is the correct order of the Egyptian social heirarchy?
Pharaohs, Nobles, Professionals / Merchants, Artisans, Slaves
500
Name a female Egyptian pharaoh. Double points if you name two.
Hatshepsut and Cleopatra
500
Why was the heart left in the body?
The ancient Egyptians believed it was needed for the weighing of the heart ceremony to be weighed against a feather.
500
What do the Egyptian funerary customs tell us about the ancient Egyptian's beliefs about the afterlife?
Any of the below:
- that they need their bodies preserved so the soul can return
- they need their heart in the body so it can be weighed
- they need spells in the afterlife
- they need possessions in the afterlife and they will have access to the things buried with them