300 years
Around 2600 BC the period known as the Old Kingdom began in Egypt. It lasted about ________. During those years, Egypt grew and prospered.
pharaohs
The Egyptian kings or ___________, lived with their familes in grand palaces.
deities
Like the people of Mesopotamia, the ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods and goddesses, or ______.
Re
The main Egyptian god was the sun god ______.
Hapi
Another major god was _______, who ruled the Nile River.
Isis
The most important goddess was _________.
Isis
represented the loyal wife and mother and she rules over the dead with her husband Osiris.
better
Egyptians believed that life after death was even ______ than life on Earth.
Book of the Dead
One of the most important manuscripts written in ancient Egypt was the _________________.
Book of Dead
collection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death.
embalming
To protect the pharaohs body so that it could journey to the afterlife, the Egyptians developed a process for royal burials known as ________.
dried out
In embalming the organs were removed from the body and the body was _______.
mummy
The bodies were cleaned with oil and wrapped with linen, the wrapped body was known as a _____________.
human body
Egyptians learned much about the _____________
medicine
Egyptians were the first to become specialist in _______
pyramids
the Egyptians built mountainlike ____________ made entirely of stone as a tomb for a pharaoh of Egypt.
clothing, furniture, jewelry, food
the pyramids help supplies that the pharaoh might need in the spirit world, including _____________________.
square base
Each pyramid sat on a ______________.
north
the entrance of a pyramid faces ______.
365- day
The Egyptians invented __________ calendar.
12 months
The Egyptian calendar has ________.
modern calender
The egyptian calendar became the basis for our __________.
Great Pyramid
About 2540 BC, the Egyptians built the largest and grandest of the pyramids known as the __________.
King Khufu
The great pyramid was built for _________________.
tallest structure
The great pyramid was the ________________ in the world for more than 4000 years.
oldest
Egyptians pyramids are the ______ stone buildings in the world.
40
The biggest is taller than a ______ story building.
Statue of Liberty
The biggest pyramid is taller than the ________.
equipment
Men built the pyramids without the help of ________ we have today.
2 cars
One stone block weighes as much as _________
5 elephants
One stone block weighed even as much as ___________.
protect
Pyramids were built to ________ the pharaohs bodies after death.
Giza
the largest pyramid is in ______.
2500 BC
the largest pyramid was built around ______.
King Khufu
The largest pyramid was built for _________.
10 football fields
The largest pyramid covers an area greater than __________.
Thebes
Around 1500 BC the rulers began building their tombs in isolates cliffs near the city of _______.
The valley of Kings
The area were the rulers began building their tombs in isolated cliffs and contains the tombs of many later pharaohs is called _____________.
King Tute
A young pharaoh known as ______ was buried in the valley of Kings.
un touched
King Tute tomb was found practically _____ by robbers.
limestone/granite
rocks that were used in most pyramids is __________.
quarried
The rock was ____________ from mountains close to the Nile.
wooden boats
The rock were transported in ____________ to the pyramid site.
sledges
Once the rock was unloaded, the stone blocks were hauled on _____ over wooden rollers (logs) by gangs of men.
ramps
______ built of mud brick were used to haul the stones to the level they were working on so they could be set in place.
animals
No ______ were used to help the men becuase they were considered too valuable.
west
For religious purposes, the pyramids has to be built on the _______ side of the Nile, where the sun set.
hieroglyphics
Inside a pyramid, the king's chamber was decorated with paintings and ________.
jewerly,furniture and food
the pyramid was filled with _________________ that he might need in the afterlife.
escape shaft
______ was a tunnel that let people out of a the tomb once they buried the king and sealed his tomb.
hidden
The secret door to the tomb was ___________ and known by few.
earth
The Egyptians believed that life after death was very similar to life on _______.
mummification (or embalming)
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife was called ___________.
70 days
Mummification might take as long as _______.
Anubis
Four priests, one dressed as the jackal-headed god, ______, removed the inner organs of the body.
canopic
The inner organs of the body was placed in 4 ___________ jars.
Horus
Each jar was protected by one of the four sons of the god ___________.
heads
The lid of each jar was in the shape of one of the four sons' ______.
brain
the ______ was removed through the nose and thrown away.
heart
the _____ was left in the body.
thinking
they thought the heart did the _________.
40 days
The body was dried out for ______.
natron
They dried the body out using a salt compound called ________.
embalmed
The body was _______.
oil
The body was treated with ______ to make the skin smoother.
stuffed
The body cavity was _____ with materials to plump it up.
linen
the body was wrapped in bandages of _______.
2 weeks
Just the process of wrapping the body may have taken _______.
amulets
Good luck charms called _______ were wrapped with the body.
death mask
The face was covered with a ________ designed to look like the face of the dead person.
4
the mummy was placed in as many as _____ coffins.
sarcophagus
The largest coffin was a stone ________.
possessions
The family and friends would bring the _______ that the dead person had collected and walk with the mummy to its final resting place.
mourners
there were also professional _______who would wail and throw ash on themselves while priests would say prayers
blue
the professional mourners were dressed in _______.
Book of the Dead
At the tomb, the priests would read from the ________ .
afterlife
The Book of the dead was full of spells and magic prayers to ensure safe passage to the ________.
The Wishing of the Heart
Ancient Egyptians believed that you had to pass a test called _______________________.
feather
Your heart was weighed against the weight of a magic _______.
light
if your heart was _____ because you has lived a good, hard working, caring life, the scale would balance, and you would enjoy the afterlife.
hidden
If it didnt balance , then a demon god would eat your heart. After the mummy was placed in the tomb, the door was locked and often _____ to try to prevent robbers from finding the treasures.