Tut's Sarcophagi

Question 0

The river supported which aspect of Egyptian culture?

Answer 0

Their agricultural production

Question 1

Ancient Egyptian society was dependent on….?

Answer 1

The Nile River

Question 2

What was at the foundation of the Egyptians religious beliefs?

Answer 2

The fact that the Pharaoh served as a mediator between the mortals and the gods

Question 3

The pharaoh was seen as a human embodiment of what?

Answer 3

The gods

Question 4

Once a pharaoh died it was believed he would become a ….

Answer 4

God

Question 5

What are the dates used to classify Egyptian Art?

Answer 5

3150-1000 BCE

Question 6

Most Egyptian art was focused on

Answer 6

Religious practices

Question 7

The following were constructed for their religion:

Answer 7

Tombs, temples, and sanctuaries

Question 8

What are these religious items made out of? (Temples, sanctuaries, etc.)

Answer 8

Durable stone that can withstand the test of time

Question 9

The fact that Egyptian tombs and religious objects were made out of more durable material suggests that…..?

Answer 9

The Egyptians put a greater stress on their religion and their pass to the afterlife

Question 10

Most of what we know about Egyptian Society comes from:

Answer 10

Tombs and tomb decorations

Question 11

Which statue of Tutankhamun was found at the entrance to his tomb?

Answer 11

His ‘ka’ statue

Question 12

Under which pharaoh did Egyptian art change radically?

Answer 12

Akhenaton

Question 13

In their religious system the Egyptians did not distinguish between:

Answer 13

Body and soul

Question 14

When do you receive your ‘ka’ or parallel self?

Answer 14

At birth

Question 15

What was buried with the Egyptian dead?

Answer 15

All of the items they would need, including food, clothing, as well as servants (in the form of small statues), and treasures if the dead is a person of high social status like a pharaoh or a priest

Question 16

What did the Egyptians do to preserve the physical appearance of a body for the afterlife?

Answer 16

An elaborate mummification process

Question 17

What were the major phases of Egyptian Art?

Answer 17

Early Dynastic Period, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom.

Question 18

During what years was the Early Dynastic Period of Egyptian Art?

Answer 18

3150-2575 BCE

Question 19

During what years was the Old Kingdom of Egyptian Art?

Answer 19

2575-2134 BCE

Question 20

During what years was the Middle Kingdom of Egyptian Art?

Answer 20

2040-1640 BCE

Question 21

During what years was the New Kingdom of Egyptian Art?

Answer 21

1550-1070 BCE

Question 22

During what years was the pharaoh Akhenaton in rule?

Answer 22

1353-35 BCE

Question 23

What God did Akhenaton’s converted religion honor?

Answer 23

Aton

Question 24

In which aspect of art was changed during Akhenaton's rule?

Answer 24

In the area of figurative sculpture

Question 25

Images and sculptures of Akhenaton are more...

Answer 25

Relaxed and Realistic, rather than stiff and powerful like other statues

Question 26

Akhenaton's religion put emphasis on ________ rather than ________.

Answer 26

This world; the afterlife

Question 27

An interest in ______ may be seen because of Akhenaton's personal religious focus

Answer 27

Naturalism

Question 28

Who or what can be mummified?

Answer 28

Members of nobility, court officials, and some commoners, as well as animals of religious significance like a bull, crocodile, or cat

Question 29

The process was ______ and most often reserved for the _________.

Answer 29

Expensive; pharaoh

Question 30

The information we know about the Egyptian mummification process comes from....

Answer 30

Tomb wall paintings and relief sculptures

Question 31

Since opening the wrappings of a mummy destroyed the bodies, what technology do we use now to uncover the bodies inside of the wrappings?

Answer 31

CAT scans (Computer Axial Tomography)

Question 32

The Egyptian mummification process was developed in the _________ dynasty.

Answer 32

Fourth dynasty

Question 33

How long did the mummification process take to complete?

Answer 33

Seventy days

Question 34

After the body was ritually cleaned and cut on the left side of the torso which organs were removed from the body?

Answer 34

Lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines

Question 35

Natron, the substance that organs are packed in after being washed, was made of what?

Answer 35

It is a salt compound

Question 36

How was the brain extracted?

Answer 36

A long hook through the nostril and was then discarded

Question 37

Where did the center of human intelligence rest?

Answer 37

The heart

Question 38

How long was the body left to dry in a natron compound?

Answer 38

40 days

Question 39

Where did we put the organs after the dehydration process?

Answer 39

Canonic jars, or back in the body

Question 40

What was the body filled with to maintain it's shape?

Answer 40

Linen wrappings, leaves, and sawdust

Question 41

When was King Tut's tomb discovered?

Answer 41

1922

Question 42

How was Tut's tomb unique compared to others?

Answer 42

The riches it contained, it hadn't been pillaged

Question 43

Where was Tutankhamun buried?

Answer 43

Valley of the Kings

Question 44

Who was behind the discovery of Tut's tomb?

Answer 44

Howard Carter

Question 45

During what time frame was the Valley of the Kings the main burial ground?

Answer 45

Sixteenth through Eleventh centuries BCE

Question 46

Who sponsored an original pre-excavation of Tut's tomb?

Answer 46

Theodore Davis

Question 47

What seals were on the door before the tomb?

Answer 47

The royal necropolis

Question 48

What day of the year in 1922 was the tomb opened?

Answer 48

November 26

Question 49

What were the names of the four chambers of the tomb?

Answer 49

Antechamber, annex, burial chamber, and treasury

Question 50

Which factor of the tomb suggested that Tutankhamun had died at an early age?

Answer 50

The small spaces in the tomb suggested a lack of preparation.

Question 51

What were the measures of the shrine guarding the burial chamber?

Answer 51

Seventeen feet wide, eleven feet deep, and nine feet high

Question 52

What are the measures of the innermost coffin?

Answer 52

Six feet, one inch long

Question 53

What is the overwhelming visual characteristic of the coffin?

Answer 53

Opulence

Question 54

Tutankhamun is presented as which of the Egyptian Gods?

Answer 54

Osiris

Question 55

Which of the symbols of Egyptian Kingship, which were adopted in the old kingdom period, were represented on Tutankhamun's sarcophagus?

Answer 55

Ceremonial beard, and folded linen headress

Question 56

Which items held by Tutankhamun were used to symbolize two means of control used by the pharaoh to lead his people?

Answer 56

Crook and Flail

Question 57

During which dynasty was Tutankhamun made pharaoh?

Answer 57

The eighteenth dynasty

Question 58

With further investigation what do we now believe killed King Tut?

Answer 58

He had broken his leg and it was becoming infected, and we also discovered he had malaria