Ancient Egypt

Question 0

Vessels that store the vital organs after mummification

Answer 0

Canopic Jars

Question 1

Document that contains spells and charms to help secure passage into the afterlife

Answer 1

Book of the Dead

Question 2

How long did it take to mummify a corpse

Answer 2

70 days

Question 3

Where were the pharaohs buried

Answer 3

Valley of the Kings

Question 4

First recorded examples of hieroglyphics date back how many years

Answer 4

5000

Question 5

What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Answer 5

The Rosetta Stone

Question 6

Who developed the translations on the Rosetta Stone

Answer 6

Jean Champollion

Question 7

What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone

Answer 7

Greek, Egyptian, Demotic

Question 8

What is a stella

Answer 8

A stone slab used to carve hieroglyphics on before the invention of papyrus

Question 9

How did the Cartouche get its name

Answer 9

Named by Napolean’s soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in their weapons

Question 10

What other materials are made from papyrus reeds

Answer 10

Boats, sandals, rope, and baskets

Question 11

How did Egyptians envision the afterlife

Answer 11

Like everyday life

Question 12

Ritual done before burial used to awaken the senses in the afterlife

Answer 12

“Opening of the Mouth” ritual

Question 13

Who is the longest living pharaoh

Answer 13

Ramses II-66 years

Question 14

What is Natron

Answer 14

Desert salt used to mummify

Question 15

How did the geography influence their spiritual beliefs

Answer 15

Living next to the dessert made them more aware of their mortality

Question 16

Why did they mummify the body

Answer 16

Believed they needed their body in the afterlife

Question 17

Egyptian creation belief

Answer 17

Life rose from a primeval ocean

Question 18

The Pyramid symbolizes

Answer 18

Resurrection

Question 19

What were amulets used for

Answer 19

Protection

Question 20

Whose tomb was the only one found intact in the Valley of Kings

Answer 20

King Tut

Question 21

What is an Ushubtes

Answer 21

Clay figures placed in the tombs to work as a symbolic worker of mundane tasks

Question 22

What was buried with the dead

Answer 22

Everything you needed in everyday life: food, clothing, animals, servants, etc.

Question 23

Did Egyptians us currency

Answer 23

No, barter system

Question 24

Who is Osiris

Answer 24

Ruler of the Underworld

Question 25

The art style stayed the same for how many years

Answer 25

3000 years

Question 26

What are the five main characteristics of painting human figures

Answer 26

Rigid stylized figure, torso facing forward, limbs and head in profile, elongated forehead and limbs, eye exaggerated and facing forward

Question 27

Who were the only Egyptians taught to read?

Answer 27

Scribes, doctors, and viziers

Question 28

Symbol for life/eternal existence

Answer 28

Ankh

Question 29

Symbol for the spiritual ability to perceive and interpret both the seen and the unseen in the universe

Answer 29

Eye of Ra

Question 30

Who is the goddess of truth- judges whether you are allowed in to the afterlife or not

Answer 30

Maat

Question 31

Symbol that represents royalty

Answer 31

Crook and Flail

Question 32

Egyptian word for soul

Answer 32

Ka

Question 33

Cat god of protection

Answer 33

Bast

Question 34

Egyptian god of death with the head of a jackel

Answer 34

Anubis

Question 35

Egyptian god of creation

Answer 35

Ra

Question 36

How could you gain social status

Answer 36

Born in to it, or sometimes could buy training