Ancient Egyptian Mummies Quiz

What is a mummy from Ancient Egypt?

• A scary monster that walks around with its hands held out

• A preserved body of the dead

• Someone who takes care of you when you are young

• All of the above

• None of the above

What is the process called that the Ancient Egyptians used to preserve the dead?

• Embalming

• Deflating

• Wrapping

• Deadening

• Afterlifing

What was natron and how was it used in the mummification process?

• A type of cloth used to cover the body before it was buried

• A sticky substance used to glue the wrappings to the body

• A salty crystal substance that helped to dry out the body

• A special type of tomb where the bodies of the royals were buried

• A thick cloth used to pack the body and keep it from collapsing

About how many mummies were estimated to have been buried in the history of Ancient Egypt?

• 10,000

• 50,000

• 700,000

• 2 million

• 70 million

What happened to the brain when they were preserving the organs of the body?

• It was dried out and put back into the skull

• It was thrown away

• It was preserved separately with the heart

• It was the only organ preserved as it was sacred

How long did it take to preserve a mummy for burial?

• 2 hours

• 3 days

• 10 days

• 40 days

• 1 year

What happened to the mummies of ancient Egypt?

• They were ground up into dust to make magic potions

• They were burned for fuel by grave robbers

• Some survived and you can see them in museums today

• They were destroyed by treasure hunters

• All of the above

Why did the Egyptians bother to preserve their dead?

• They wanted to have the bodies around to help remember the dead

• They were hoping that the bodies could be cured in the future

• They believed their bodies were needed for the afterlife

• Out of respect for their elders

• To someday have an army of walking dead that could take over the world

What were the two parts of the person that the Egyptians wanted to unite in the afterlife?

• The ba and ka

• The yin and yang

• The alpha and omega

• The inner and outer

• The upper and lower

What do we call the sheet that was placed over the mummy before it was buried?

• Toga

• Shroud

• Sarcophagus

• Linen

• Embalm