Ancient Egyptian everything

Question 1

How many hieroglyphs were there?

Answer 1

Over 700

Question 2

The Ancient Egyptians did not write __________ or use ____________

Answer 2

Vowels and punctuation

Question 3

What two words is the single word hieroglyphs made from and what do they mean?

Answer 3

Hieros-holy

Glyphe-writing

Question 4

How was papyrus made?

Answer 4

The stems of papyrus reeds were flattened, dried, and stuck together to make pages.

Question 5

When was the Rosetta Stone found and by whom?

Answer 5

It was found in 1799 by French soldiers.

Question 6

What kinds of writing were found on it?

Answer 6

Greek-used by the rulers
Hieroglyphics-used for important and religious documents
A cursive form of Egyptian writing-used by most people in Egypt at the time.

Question 7

What was the order in which the society would p,ace in the pyramid from top to bottom?

Answer 7

Pharaoh-ruler
Nobles-helped pharaoh rule
Soldiers-fought for Egypt
Scribes-write important and religious documents
Merchants-sell and trade fir a living
Workers/craftsmen-craft, fish or farm for a living
Slaves and peasants-work for food or nothing

Question 8

How are mummies prepared-(the 5 steps)

Answer 8

1. Embalmers wash body with oatmeal wine then cut open with sacred knife.
2. They remove liver, lungs, stomach and intestines and put in canopies jars.
3. Then hook brain out through nose and cover body in salt and leave to dry.
4. 40 days later priests begin to wrap body in layers if tight linen.
5. They replace any lost limbs with fake ones and put magic amulets between bandages.

Question 9

Name tools used for farming;

Answer 9

Winnowing scoops, hoes, rakes, flint-bladed sickles and ploughs. (Hand ploughs and ones pulled by oxen) the ploughs were used to turn the soil.
Shaduf- farmers irrigated their crops by using a shaduf. The shaduf was a simple machine used for lifting water out of the river and irrigating the crops.