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1
What animal was thought to bring luck?
Cat
Rabbit
Dog
Bird
2
What was used to dry out the body during embalming?
Light
Salt
Sugar
Heat
3
What sea does the river Nile flow into?
Mediterranean
Pacific
Irish
Indian
4
What river flows through Egypt?
Thames
Nile
Mississippi
Hudson
5
What are these called?
Picture
carvings
Symbols
Hieroglyphs
6
How do we know so much about ancient Egyptian life?
Eye witnesses
Photographs
diary entries
Paintings in tombs and temples
7
Who invaded the ancient eygptians?
The Greeks
The italians
The romans
The Spanish
8
How many years ago was the ancient Egyptian period?
4000
7000
5000
2000
9
What did the floods leave behind which fertilised the soil?
Clay
Compost
Dead fish
Black silt
10
Where did egyptians want to go in the afterlife?
Sky of love
Mountain of peace
Sea of weeds
Field of reeds
11
What was the main mode of transport?
camels
Horses
Boats
Walking
12
What were normal Egyptian houses made from?
Stone
Mud bricks
Sand
Wood
13
Approximately how many Egyptian gods were there?
2000
3
200
1
14
Why was the heart left in the mummy?
To keep the persons personality
To help the person fall in love again
So it could be weighed
So it could beat in the afterlife.
15
What material was wrapped around the mummy?
Cotton
Wool
Linen
Silk
16
What were Egyptian kings and queens believed to be?
Bossy
Kind
Important
Gods
17
How did people work out how to read hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
Stoney rock
Rose got a stone
Rosie stone
18
What is this?
Monument
temple
Pyramid
Obelisk
19
If a god was part animal, what does the animal represent?
Their powers
Their favourite animal
Their likes
Their allergies
20
Where is Egypt?
Africa
Europe
America
Asia
21
What was Anubis the god of?
Dogs
Mummification
Sky
Sun
22
What happened each year to help the soil be healthy?
Flood
Frost
Fire
Drought
23
What is in Ra's crown?
Tomatoe
Power
Sun
Heat
24
What did the Egyptians believe in?
Hell
After life
Rebirth
Heaven
25
What was sometimes put in the eyesockets after the eyes had been removed?
Eggs
balls
Onions
Stones
26
What were organs put in?
Wooden box
linen bags
Canopic jars
The body
27
Where was the brain taken out of during embalming?
Ear
mouth
Eyes
nostril