Social Studies Level E lesson 11

Process of drying out and wrapping

a dead body so it will not decay.

• decaying

• mummification

• afterlife

• preservation

The word for life after death is

• ancient

• afterlife

• decay

• silt

By preparing the bodies, they learned

about the body organs and this helped them

become skilled

List three objects that might be found near a mummified body.

• food

• clothes

• tool

• photos

"Excavate" means

• bury

• trade

• travel

• plant

Looted means

• robbed

• uncovered

• sold

• transported

Where were the rulers of ancient Egypt buried?

• Most of their tombs have been found in the Valley of the Kings.

• They were buried in tombs located in their palaces.

• It is not known where the pharaohs were buried.

• All pharaohs were buried in pyramids only.

• Their bodies were put on ships and left in the Red Sea.

In November 1922, Howard Carter found the entrance to the

tomb of the boy pharaoh called

How many objects was the tomb filled with?

• over 300

• over 3,000

• over 1,000

• over 30,000

In which year Howard Carter found the entrance to the

tomb of Tutankhamen?

• 1922

• 1907

• 1910

• 1989