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Vessels that store the Vital organs after mummification

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Canonic jars

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

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Book of the dead

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How long did it take to mummify a course

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70 days

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Where were the pharoahs buried

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Valley of the kings

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First recorded examples of hieroglyphs date back_________ years

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5000 years

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What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics

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The Rosetta Stone

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Who deciphered the translations of the Rosetta Stone

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Jean Champollion

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What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone

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Greek Egyptian demonic

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What is a stella

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A stone slab used to carve hieroglyphics on before papyrus was invented

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How did the cartouche get its name

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Named by napoleons soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in their weapons

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What other materials are made from papyrus reeds?

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Boats, sandals, rope, baskets

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How did Egyptian envision the afterlife

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Like everyday

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Rituals done before burial used to awaken the senses in afterlife

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Opening mouth ritual

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Who was the longest reigning pharoah

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Ramses the second-66 years

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14
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Who was natron

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Desert salt used for mummification

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How did the geography influence their spiritual beliefs why did they mummify the body

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Living next to the desert made them more aware of their mortality believed they needed their body in the after life.

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Egypt creation belief

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Life rose from a primeval ocean

17
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The pyramid symbolizes

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Resurrection

18
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What were amulets used for

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Protection

19
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Whose tomb was the only one found intact in the valley of the kings

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King tut

20
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What is an ushubtes

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Clay figures placed in a tomb to symbolize workers

21
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What was buried with the dead

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Everything you needed in daily life food clothing animals servants

22
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Who were the only Egyptians taught to read

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Scribes doctors viziers

23
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Did Egyptians use currency

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No, barter system

24
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Who was Osiris

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Ruler of the under world

25
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The art style stayed the same for ________ years

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3000 years

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What are the five main characteristics of painting human figures

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Rigid styled figure, torso facing forward, limbs And head in profile, eyes forward facing

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Symbol of life

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Ankh

28
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Goddess of judgement

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Maat

29
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Symbol that represents royalty

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Crock and flail

30
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Egyptian word for soul

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Ka

31
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Cat god of protection

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Bast

32
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Egyptian god with the head of a jackel

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Anubis

33
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EgyptIn god of creation

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Ra

34
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How could you gain social status

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Bought or born into it

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