Mummies, Tombs, and Treasures Ch 1-2

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What is a mummy?

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a dead body that's been preserved

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What did the Egyptians include in the first shallow graves?

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clay pots of food and jars of water

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What natural causes can make a mummy? (p. 5) Options: extreme wind, extreme heat and cold, extreme rain, extreme flooding

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extreme heat and cold

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What did hot sand do to the buried bodies?

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It preserved the bodies.

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What does decay mean?

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to rot or decompose

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Why were the early graves so expensive?

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They used trees which are rare in Egypt.

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Who was King Menes?

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The king of Lower and Upper Egypt.

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Where was Upper Egypt located?

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southern Egypt

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Why was resin not a good idea to use on a body for mummification?

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it trapped the moisture in the body causing it to decay

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Why did the Egyptians make mummies?

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They felt there was a spirit and a life after death