~ Week 9 ~
1. Manley notes that out of the division of Egypt in the 13th Dynasty there arose three kings in
Avaris, Kush, and Thebes
~ Week 9 ~
2. Curiously, Ay, one of the longest reigning kings of the 13th Dynasty was
Buried at Avaris rather than Memphis
~ Week 9 ~
3. Manley says that the royal burials that we find from the 13th Dynasty
Represent a tiny fraction of the number of kings known from the Turin Royal Canon list
~ Week 9 ~
4. Kamose resented
Not having direct access to trade with Palestine and Nubia
~ Week 9 ~
5. Manley points out that the 13th Dynasty may be characterized as
A period of division and dissolution
~ Week 9 ~
6. Manley says that Ma'at, the goddess with the feathered headdress, signified
The proper order of creation
~ Week 9 ~
7. In Middle Kingdom literature, the common ideal in tomb biography was
Ma'at
~ Week 9 ~
8. Manley asserts that the "Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor" is comparable to
The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and "Heart of Darkness
~ Week 9 ~
9. The "Story of Sinhue," Manley opines, is above all
A profound account of what it once meant to be Egyptian
~ Week 9 ~
10. Brier points out that the dreams of rulers like Tuthmosis IV, Merneptah, and Tanuatamun
Were probably fabricated in order to establish divine legitimacy to the throne
~ Week 9 ~
11. Brier points out that the priests/magicians of ancient Egypt interpreted dreams by
Reading a book
~ Week 9 ~
12. Brier says evidence of ancient Egyptian belief in prophetic dreams is provided by
Thutmosis IV's Dream stele
~ Week 10 ~
1. Manley notes that Queen Hatshepsut is uniquely interesting because she ruled as
King Hatshepsut
~ Week 10 ~
2. Two defining characteristics of royal art in the 18th Dynasty were
Identification of the Pharaoh with the sun god and the prominence of queens
~ Week 10 ~
3. Akhenaten (Amenhotep III) ruled in the city he built, Akhetaten, and the period of his rule there today is called
The Amarna Period
~ Week 10 ~
4. Manley says that the New Kingdom begins with
The rule of Ahmose
~ Week 10 ~
5. Brier informs us that medicine in ancient Egypt was termed
The necessary art
~ Week 10 ~
6. One of the foremost manuscripts we have of actual ancient Egyptian medical treatments is
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus
~ Week 10 ~
7. Senmut (Senenmut), architect of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple, apparently also was
Hatshepsut's sweetie
~ Week 10 ~
8. Imhotep, Djoser's architect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, was deified by the Greeks as ______, the God of Healing
Aesclepius
~ Week 10 ~
9. Many people consulted books of fate that
Foretold good and bad days
~ Week 10 ~
10. Brier also points out that amulets are
Anything worn or carried for a magical benefit
~ Week 10 ~
11. One ancient amulet still used widely today is
The ankh
~ Week 10 ~
12. Brier notes that Chapter 140 of the Book of the Dead was to be recited over
Two eyes of Horus of different colors
~ Week 10 ~
13. Casson points out that up through the Fourth Dynasty the Egyptians believed
Only the pharaoh was assured a place in heaven
~ Week 10 ~
14. We may infer from Horodotus and his "Histories" that death in ancient Egypt
Was largely a business
~ Week 10 ~
15. During the "Weighing of the Heart Ceremony," Anubis weighs one's heart
Against a feather
~ Week 10 ~
16. It was only after the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period that
Immortality became democratized
~ Week 10 ~
17. When one confronted the forty-two gods in the afterlife one
Had to make a series of denials
~ Week 10 ~
18. The Book of the Dead was a collection of prayers, spells, and incantations
That does not guarantee anything
~ Week 10 ~
19. Death for the ancient Egyptian, according to Casson, was
A continuation of everyday life on Earth with the best things left intact
~ Week 10 ~
20. The deceased is said to have
A "ka" and a "ba
~ Week 10 ~
21. Casson notes that during the New Kingdom Egyptians prepared for death
With an effort that absorbed their time and resources for most of their lives
~ Week 10 ~
22. Like Pharaoh Sensuret I (Sesostris I), Pharaoh Amenhotep I (Amenophis I) has
A kiosk/Chapel
~ Week 10 ~
23. In cult temples, the local god
Was regarded by the community as a living entity actually present and in residence
~ Week 10 ~
24. Thebes is now called
Luxor
~ Week 10 ~
25. Stierlin maintains that "Early monuments of the New Kingdom
Perpetuated a continuity with the legacy of the Middle Kingdom
~ Week 11 ~
1. The so-called "Amarna Letters
Deal with the reigns of Ahmose and Ahmose-Nefertari
~ Week 11 ~
2. The Amarna Letters concern relations between Egypt and
Babylonia, Assyria, Mittani, Hatti, Arzawa, and Alashiya
~ Week 11 ~
3. According to Manley, the temples during the New Kingdom
Exerted a great deal of influence on Egyptian life
~ Week 11 ~
4. According to Seton, in the story of Queen Hatshepsut, her rule over Egypt
Was decreed by Amun-Re
~ Week 11 ~
5. According to Seton, Hatshepsut was created
By Amun-Re who disguised himself as Tuthmosis I
~ Week 11 ~
6. This account of Hatshepsut's birth is found
At Deir al-Bahari
~ Week 11 ~
7. According to the tale, Hatshepsut
None of the above, but she was daughter of Tuthmosis I and wife/half-sister of Tuthmosis II
~ Week 11 ~
8. Stierlin says Kamose defeated the Hyksos and recaptured Memphis. His brother Ahmose
Won the siege of Avaris
~ Week 11 ~
9. Thutmosis II
None of the above. He was the first husband of Hatshepsut.
~ Week 11 ~
10. The architect of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (Amenophis III) was
Amenhotep, Son of Hapu
~ Week 11 ~
11. According to Stierlin, the primary function of the high priest was to
Provide for the needs of the gods
~ Week 11 ~
12. The text called "The Book of What is in the Underworld (Duat)
All of the above; It treats the existence of the deceased in the afterlife, describes the netherland, and indicates the path taken by Re in his solar barque
~ Week 11 ~
13. Ushabti figurines that were placed in the tomb
Represented servants or slaves who would work in the next world
~ Week 11 ~
14. Tombs of the nobles primarily were decorated with scenes
Of everyday life
~ Week 11 ~
15. Following the reigns of Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, and Ay
Horemheb restored Egypt to greatness
~ Week 12 ~
1. Unlike art in other lands, Egyptian art first and foremost was required to be
Truthful
~ Week 12 ~
2. Typically, figures were drawn proportionally based on
A grid
~ Week 12 ~
3. Manley assures us that Egyptian art was characterized by
Formality
~ Week 12 ~
4. The distinctive Pharonic style is already evident
In monuments of the 1st Dynasty such as the Narmer palette
~ Week 12 ~
5. Brier insists that the famous curse on those that first entered Tutankhamen's tomb
Had no provable effect whatever
~ Week 12 ~
6. According to Brier, the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb was
Completely due to a dogged, systematic search
~ Week 12 ~
7. Akhenaten often had statues of himself pictured
Nude
~ Week 12 ~
8. Casson points out that the son of Amenhotep III was
All of the above; Built at Amarna, married to Nefertiti, Akhenaten, Amenhotep IV
~ Week 12 ~
9. Casson tells us that Akhetaten means
The Horizon of the Aten
~ Week 12 ~
10. In art, Akhenaten is often shown
Munching food and playing with his family
~ Week 12 ~
11. Casson says that Akhenaten's successors considered him to be
A heretic
~ Week 12 ~
12. Stierlin points out that Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Had five daughters
~ Week 12 ~
13. In terms of deeds and renown, Tutankhamun
Was a rather minor sovereign
~ Week 12 ~
14. Following the reign of Akhenaten, Tutankhamun
Restored the cult of Amun
~ Week 12 ~
15. Stierlin notes that after the reign of Akhenaten successive pharaohs
Razed his city and his name and destroyed his god
~ Week 13 ~
1. Stierlin points out that during the Ramesside Dynasties,
The kings were able to carry out phenomenal building programs
~ Week 13 ~
2. Stierlin notes that the Osireion
Is a temple located behind Seti I's temple at Abydos
~ Week 13 ~
3. The two above-ground temples of Abu Simbel were built by
Ramesses II
~ Week 13 ~
4. Stierlin graphically shows that the reliefs inside Abu Simbel represent
The Battle of Kadesh
~ Week 13 ~
5. Stierlin points out that Ramesses III
Repelled attempts at mass immigration on all fronts
~ Week 13 ~
6. Ramesses III's Medinet-Habu is
All of the above; A fortress, a temple, a palace
~ Week 13 ~
7. Collectively, the 19th and 20th Dynasties are considered the
Ramesside Period
~ Week 13 ~
8. Manley points out that Pharaoh Horemheb is credited with
Sweeping away the bogus rule of the Amarna Period
~ Week 13 ~
9. Manley says that Ramesses II is best known for his valor at
The Battle of Kadesh
~ Week 13 ~
10. Manley points out that the result of Ramesses II's and Hattusili's enmity about 1259 BC was
A proclamation of war between the two lands
~ Week 13 ~
11. Manley points out that Dier el-Medina is
The workman's village
~ Week 13 ~
12. Manley notes that Dynasty 25 is ruled by
Kings of Napata and Kush
~ Week 14 ~
1. With the death of Ramesses XI begins
The "Third Intermediate Period
~ Week 14 ~
2. Manley notes that Herihor was
A Priest of Amun
~ Week 14 ~
3. Manley reveals that "The Voyage of Wenamun" is a story that reflects
Egypt's decreasing power and influence abroad
~ Week 14 ~
4. The first king to be buried in the Valley of the Kings was
Thutmosis I
~ Week 14 ~
5. Smendes was
None of the above; A legitimate Tanis king
~ Week 14 ~
6. Assurbanipal and Esarhaddon left a governor to rule Egypt for him. He is
Neko/Necho
~ Week 14 ~
7. Shoshenk I is known in the Bible as
Shishak
~ Week 14 ~
8. After the passing of the Ramesses with Ramesses XI, Egypt was run by leaders from
Libya, Nubia, Assyria, Persia, and Greece
~ Week 14 ~
9. Manley notes that at the end of the 25th Dynasty
Thebes was sacked by the Assyrians
~ Week 14 ~
10. As per Manley's depiction, the 21st and 22nd Dynasties appear as
A confusion of opposing rulers
~ Week 15 ~
1. Stierlin maintains that after the reign of the Ramesside kings, Egypt
Fell prey once again to civil strife
~ Week 15 ~
2. According to Stierlin, Sesonchis I (Sheshonq I)
Was able to enlist the help of the Greeks to conquer the Phonecians
~ Week 15 ~
3. The great temple of Horus at Edfu, the most complete and best preserved sanctuary in Egypt, was
Took 180 years to build during the Ptolemaic Period
~ Week 15 ~
4. Manley says that the "Saite Monarchy" refers to the period when Egypt was controlled by
Assyria
~ Week 15 ~
5. Psamtek
Shakes off the Assyrians and starts a renaissance in Egypt
~ Week 15 ~
6. Manley notes that the Nubian kings
Died out completely in 656 BC
~ Week 15 ~
7. Manley points out that for two centuries, beginning in 545 BC,
The political and economic life of Egypt was dominated by Persian aggression
~ Week 15 ~
8. With Alexander the Great, says Manley,
Began nearly 300 years of Ptolemaic rule in Egypt
~ Week 15 ~
9. Casson points out that after the 20th Dynasty, Egypt
Began a slow disintegration and ultimate demise of Egyptian language and customs
~ Week 15 ~
10. Casson also notes that during the Roman period
Egypt flourished as a tourist destination