Ancient Egypt Flashcards

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Antony & Cleopatra died there in 30 B.C.

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Alexandria

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Once part of Thebes, this valley was the burial site of many Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th, 19th & 20th dynasties.

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Valley of the Kings

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A vizier to Djoser, this Egyptian was one of the few mortals to be completely deified & was worshipped as the god of medicine

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Imhotep

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4
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At least 60 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s 18th to 20th dynasties, beginning with Thutmose I and famously including Tutankhamun, were buried in tombs in a narrow gorge in western Thebes known (quite accurately, in fact) as the ______ of the _____. (Fill in both blanks.)

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Valley of the Kings

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