Mummy Quiz

Truth or Rumor?
Ground up mummy powder was used to treat headaches, wounds, and stomachaches.

• Truth
• Rumor

Truth or Rumor?
King Tut's death was caused when someone hit him on the head.

• Truth
• Rumor

Truth or Rumor?
The oldest mummy in the world is a 65 million year-old dinosaur named Dakota.

• Truth 
• Rumor

Truth or Rumors?
Babies in Chile were one of the first humans to be mummified 7,000 years ago. That is 2,000 years before Egyptians mummified their dead.

• Truth
• Rumor

What is the best synonym for the Egyptian word, "ka?"

• Soul
• Body
• Mummy
• Afterlife

First mummifications occurred__________.

• naturally
• artificially
• over night

When someone died in Egypt, the body was given to a team of ______________.

• embalmers
• scientist
• archaeologist

True or False: The Egyptians believed in immortality.

• True
• False

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True or False: Mummies were buried with their favorite objects and tools.

• True
• False

King Tut died at age_______.

• 30 or 31
• 28 or 29
• 18 or 19