Mummies, Tombs, and Treasures Ch 1 & 2

What is a mummy?

• a pile of rocks to mark a grave

• a burial pit built by ancient Egyptians

• a dead body that's been preserved

What did the Egyptians include in the first shallow graves?

• a favorite pet

• clay pots of food

• clothes

• heiroglyphics in the person's name

What natural causes can make a mummy?

• extreme wind

• extreme heat

• extreme rain

• extreme flooding

What did hot sand do to the buried bodies?

• It preserved the bodies.

• It made the bodies decay.

• It made the bodies split in two.

• It made the organs spill out of the body's mouth.

What does decay mean?

• to strengthen

• to crouch low

• to rot or decompose

• improve

Why were the early graves so expensive?

• They had to pay for labor.

• They used trees which are rare in Egypt.

• They used papyrus during an Egyptian toilet paper crisis.

• They had to pay the pharaoh to bless the grave.

Who was King Menes?

• The king of Upper Egypt.

• The king of Middle Egypt.

• The king of Lower Egypt.

• The king of Lower and Upper Egypt.

Where was Upper Egypt located?

• northern Egypt

• southern Egypt

• western Egypt

• eastern Egypt

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

• trapped the moisture in the body causing it to decay

• it was sticky

• it didn't dissolve

Why did the Egyptians make mummies?

• to help the body become a spirit

• because it is the right thing to do for the dead

• to insure that people would discover their bodies later

• to help the body go to the afterlife