Mummification, gods and Beliefs

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 stronger.

What does decay mean?

• to strengthen

• to crouch low

• to rot or decompose

• improve

Who was King Narmer (or Menes)?

• The king of Upper Egypt.

• The king of Middle Egypt.

• The king of Lower Egypt.

• The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt (The Two Lands) into one kingdom.

Where was Upper Egypt located?

• northern Egypt

• southern Egypt

• western Egypt

• eastern Egypt

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

How is the ka different than the ba?

• The ka eats food, and the ba does not.

• The ka was created by khnum, while the ba was made by Re.

• The ka lived in the body forever, while the ba was temporary.

• The ka stayed in the tomb with the mummy, while the ba was able to leave.

Without a mummy, there would be no ____ and _____.

• tomb, grave

• canopic jar, sand pit

• ka and ba

• King Tut and Queen Hetephares