Mummification Quiz

Why were people of Ancient Egypt embalmed?

• to ensure their happiness in the afterlife
• they weren’t embalmed
• to honor important people
• all the above

Who could be professionally mummified?

• a. No one
• b. Everyone
• c. The rich
• d. The poor

3. What are the Ba and Ka?

• a. Ka is soul and Ba is personality

• c. Ba is afterlife & Ka is the body
• d. Ba is body & Ka is afterlife

4. How did they remove the brain?

• a. Through the feet and placed in a Canopic jar
• b. Though the stomach and thrown away
• c. Through the nose and thrown away
• d. Through the nose and placed in a Canopic jar

5. What did the heads on the Canopic jars represent?

• a. The priests

• b. each one is protected by a separate god

• c. The pharaohs

6. How long did the body take to prepare for the afterlife?

• a. 100 days
• b. 50 days
• c. 40 days

• d. 1 year

7. What was removed first?

• a. Everything remained inside the body
• b. inner organs
• c. arms
• d. legs

8. What is natron?

• a. A glue
• b. A salt that helped dry out the body
• c. A yellowish substance that was a used as a glue
• d. A purplish substance that was used as a glue

9. After 40 days the body was cleaned and brushed with?

• a. oils,

  resins, and spices

• b. A salt that helped dry out the body

10. What is an amulet?

• a. A mask
• b. A tomb
• c. A type of jewelry that is a good luck charm
• d. A step in the mummification process