The Location
In which continent is Egypt?
Africa
What was the name of the Egyptian writing that uses pictures?
Hieroglyphs
Bastet had the head of a _____
Cat
What was the first pyramid?
A Step Pyramid
Which boy king ruled from age 9 to 18?
Tutankhamun
What was the river that ran through Ancient Egypt?
The Nile
Who helped build the pyramids?
Peasants and farmers
Anubis had the head of a _______
Jackal (dog)
About how many years did the Great Pyramid take to build?
23 years
Who was Tutankhamun's Father (probably)?
Akhenaten
What is the name of the capital city of Egypt today?
Cairo
What was the name of the King of Egypt?
The Pharaoh
Amun was the _______ god
Sun
The Great Pyramid was the tallest building in the world until the building of what in Paris?
Eiffel Tower
What did Tutankhamun's Father do to the religion in Ancient Egypt?
He banned all worship of gods, except for Aten.
What was the name of the place where Tutankhamun's tomb was found?
Valley of the Kings
What was the process of preserving a body for the afterlife?
Mummification
Who was known as the 'Green faced god of the Underworld'?
Osiris
What monument has a portrait of a man and body of a lion?
Sphinx
Who found Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922? For bonus 200 points, which country were they from?
Howard Carter (England)
What was the name of the area where the pyramids were built?
Giza
Who were the only people who could read and write?
Scribes
Who was the God of writing and wisdom?
Thoth
About how many millions of blocks of stone make up the Great Pyramid?
2.3 million
You may use a calculator for this. Tutankhamun died in 1326 BCE. How many years ago did he die?
3348 years ago