4 a history

Question 1

what does embalming do?

Answer 1

it preserves a dead body

Question 2

what did ancient egyptian priests do to make a mummy?

Answer 2

they removed the organs, preserved the body with salt and spices, wrapped it in linen and put it in a coffin

Question 3

why did ancient egyptians think it was important to preserve dead bodies?

Answer 3

so that dead people could live on in the next world

Question 4

what did the ancient egyptians bury with their mummies?

Answer 4

everything they thought they would need in the next life”: food, clothes, games, jewelry, furniture, etc.

Question 5

what was this time in egyptian history called?

Answer 5

the old kingdom

Question 6

what do “bc” and “bce” mean?

Answer 6

“before christ” and “before the common era”

Question 7

what do “ad” and “ce” mean?

Answer 7

“anno domini” (latin for “the year of our lord”) and “common era”

Question 8

tell me about making mummies

Answer 8

egyptians during the old kingdom believed that people needed their bodies to go to heaven after they died, so they preserved dead people as mummies