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Ancient Egypt
Weeks 6 & 7
Question | Answer |
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god/deity with the head of a jackal | Anubis |
picture-writing of the ancient Egyptians | hieroglyphs |
this stone relic/artifact turned out to be the key to understanding hieroglyphs | Rosetta |
the belief in many gods/deities | polytheism |
the belief in one god/deity | monotheism |
the river that many believe is the longest in the world | Nile |
jars in which a dead person's organs were stored | canopic |
the king who combined Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom | Menes |
reed used to make paper | papyrus |
a Frenchman who decoded the Egyptian writing system | Champollion |
the organ thrown away during mummification | brain |
the northern end of the Suez Canal | Port Said |
the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt | Hatshepsut |
lake created by building the Aswan High Dam | Nasser |
something that once covered the pyramids | limestone |
pharaoh whom written records say had about 100 children | Ramses |
the man who found King Tut's tomb | Carter |
statue with the body of a lion and the head of a man | Sphinx |
found the tomb of the children of Ramses II | Weeks |
the southern end of the Suez Canal | Suez |
a large container designed to contain a mummified pharaoh | sarcophagus |