Ancient Egypt Flashcards
The role of the pharaoh was to:
Protect and lead a battle.
The pharaoh would make the Nile River flood by:
Praying.
Why did the pharaoh need to make the gods looked kindly upon them?
So that the Nile would flood.
Ma’at was:
The god of truthfulness and justice.
Why did the pharaoh follow the laws of Ma’at?
If they didn’t follow the laws, they would suffer ill-fortune in the present and the afterlife.
Was it disrespectful to refer to the pharaoh by their name?
Yes.
Mummification would take ________ days.
70 days.
The first step of mummification:
The body would be washed and purified ritually.
The second step of mummification:
All organs will be taken out.
The third step of mummification:
Wrap the organs in linen.
The fourth step of mummification:
Body cavity was stuffed with natron.
The fifth step of mummification:
Body is placed on a slanted embalming table and covered with natron.
Last step of mummification:
The mummy would be prepared for bandaging. Then would come the funeral.
Which god killed his brother Osiris due to jealousy?
Set.
What body part of Osiris got eaten by a fish?
His penis.
