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Vessels that store the vital organs after mummification

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Canopic jars

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

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Book of the Dead

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How Long did it take to mummify a corpse

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70 days

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Where were the pharaohs 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

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What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs

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The Rosetta Stone

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Who deciphered the translations on the Rosetta Stone

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Jean Champollion

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What three languages were written on the Rostta Stone

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Greek, Egyptian, Demotic

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What is a stella

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

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How did the cartouche get its name

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Named by Napoleon 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 Egyptians envision the after life

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Like everyday life

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

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Opening of the mouth ritual

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Who was the longest reigning pharaoh

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Ramses II- 66 yrs

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14
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What is natron

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Desert salt used to mummify

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How did the geography influence their spiritual beliefs

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

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Why did they mummify the body

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Believed they needed their body in the afterlife

17
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Egyptian creation belief

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Life rose from a primeval ocean

18
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The pyramid symbols

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Resurrection

19
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What were amulets used for

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Protection

20
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Whose tomb was the only one found intact in the valley of the kings

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King tut

21
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What is an ushubtes

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Clay figure placed in the tombs as a symbolic worker of mundane tasks

22
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Social pyramid

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Know it

23
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What was buried with the dead

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Everything you needed in daily life food, clothing, animals, servants

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Who were the only Egyptians taught to read

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Scribes, doctor, visers

25
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Did the Egyptians use currency

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No, barter system

26
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Who is Osiris

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Ruler of the underworld

27
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Their art style stayed the same for ______ years

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3000

28
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What are the main characteristics of painting human figures

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Rigid style
Torso forward
Limbs and head in profile
Elongated forehead and limbs
Eye exaggerated and forward

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