| Welcome to Egypt |
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| 1.What are the names of two of the three great Egyptian pyramids at
Giza?
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| 2. Why was the discovery of Merenptah
tomb
such
a surprise? | |
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| 3. Why were versions of the Book
of the Dead placed in tombs?
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| 4. Describe
some Egyptians by telling a little about them and their lifestyle.
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| http://www.website1.com/odyssey/week1/nile.html
5. List three facts about the Nile River according the Odyssey in Egypt. |
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http://www.egyptologyonline.com/alexandria.htm 6. Alexandria was once a capital of Egypt. What are at least two monuments you would have found there and give one fact about each. |
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| Click on word crowns below. Next, scroll down (It is quite a
way down the page. Be sure you look for crowns.)
7. What did the different crowns of the pharaohs mean? (Hint: check out Phararohs)? |
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| 8. What happened to the temple at
Abu
Simbel when Lake
Nasser was formed?
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| 9. Who did the Egyptians
worship?
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| 10. Who unlocked the mystery of
Egyptian
hieroglyphics?
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| 11. What is the
"mummy's
curse"?
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| http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm http://www.quizland.com/hiero.htm
<--- Click on either website for Hieroglyphics translators. 12. Use hieroglyphics to spell yours and your partner's first names. Try to draw it below. |
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| 13. What are the latest theories on the building of the sphinx?
(Hint: monuments)
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| 14. What was so exciting about the
crocodile
papyri?
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| 15. What does the aton
mean
in the last part of Tutankhaton's name? What do we know him as today?
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http://www.vtusd.k12.ca.us/balboa/egyptsca.html The above activity
came from the Internet site on the left. A few of the questions were changed just a bit and
updated as sites change.
Revised
May 24, 2007 |
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