Geography Inventions Politics & Power OMG Pyramids & Mummies
Fertile land due to the Nile’s flood deposits
What are the Black Lands?
Barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides.
What are the Red Lands?
Approximate length of the River Nile? A)2000miles B)3000miles C)4000miles D)5000miles
4184miles long BONUS QUESTION - 200pts Name the Lake where the Nile River starts?
The name of this geographical feature
What is the Nile River Delta?
This stretch of Nile River was very turbulent and impossible to navigate through
What are the Cataracts?
The Egyptians invented two of these so they were never late!
What are clocks (water & sun)?
This invention allowed Egyptians save countless hours in their fields
What is a plow Bonus 200pts: Name a crop that the Egyptians grew with help from the plow?
These were made to prevent endless robberies
What are locks?
This invention was prepared by laying strips side by side and weaving them into each other.
What is a papyrus or paper?
Operated by hand and was used to lift water from the river onto land in buckets
What is a shaduf?
The most important God. A sun god and lord of all gods. He is usually in human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc encircled by the a sacred cobra.
Who is Ra?
God of Mummification and had a Jackal’s head. His role was as the "guardian to necropolis“. Priests often wore his mask during mummification ceremonies.Mummification
Who is Anubis?
Killed by his brother Seth who was jealous and wanted to be king. God of the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
He murdered his brother and plucked out Horus’s eye
Who is Seth?
Was the wife & sister (!) of Osiris and mother of Horus. Goddess of motherhood & life.
Who is Isis?
This word means ‘great house’ and is associated with a living god and key religious and political figure
Who is a pharaoh?
The highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh
Who is a Vizier? Statue of Hemiunu, vizier and designer of Khufu's pyramidHemiunuKhufu
Read the following passage Read the following passage and answer the question at the end
BONUS 200pts: Spell his name correctly He was a lousy general He had a a lot of kids He chiseled his name all over Egypt He built a huge temple
Discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, this Pharaoh was 9 when he came to power and died mysteriously at the age of 18.
Who is King Tut or Tutankhamun?
Considered the “Seat of the Gods”, this royal capital has a new world equivalent in Tennessee, USA
What is Memphis?
This pyramid was one of the first the Egyptians constructed
What is a stepped pyramid?
This pyramid is an engineering marvel difficult to replicate even with our modern day technology
What is the Great Pyramid?
How long did the average mummification & embalming take? A. 14 days B. 40 days C. 90 days D. 70 days
What is 70 days? BONUS – 200pts Why so long?
This container held organs during the mummification process
-The baboon-headed Hapy guarded the lungs. -The human-headed Imsety was the guardian of the liver. -Jackal-headed Duamutef guarded the stomach/intestines -Falcon-headed Qebehsenuef guarded the lower intestines. What are Canopic jars?
Step by step this is the mummification process
This is the step-by-step process of how mummification took place: 1) Pull brain out of nose using a hook 2) Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy 3) Remove all internal organs 4) Let the internal organs dry 5) Place internal organs inside canopic jars except for heart 6) Place the heart back inside the body 7) Rinse inside of body with wine and spices 8) Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days 9) After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape 10) After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages Place in coffin