The highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the pharaoh
Vizer
10
A decorative stone coffin used to house a mummy.
Sarcophagus
10
A complex system of writing that implements drawings
Hieroglyphics
10
People in ancient Egypt (usually men) who learned to read and write.
Scribes
10
A covered urn where organs of the mummy were kept inside.
Canopic Jar
10
Salt that was normally stuffed into the body of the mummy for 40 days.
Natron
10
A simplified version of hieroglyphics. Use of dashes and strokes to represent pictures
Hieratic Script
10
A process used on the dead to properly preserve their body.
Mummification
10
A book that held magical spells to help the person pass through the underworld, a dangerous place filled with snakes, lakes of fire, and scary creatures.
Book of the Dead
10
___________ was a process that was used on the dead. The Egyptians would remove the intestines, stomach, liver, and lungs.
Embalmer
5
The Egyptians would pull the ___________ out through the nose and would throw it away since they did not consider it to control the body.
Brain
5
The next step was that the Egyptians would wrap the body tightly with long ribbons of _____ soaked linen.
Resin
5
____________________ was considered the most dangerous part of the journey.
Hall of two truths
5
The priests performed _______________________ which was a ceremony that allowed the mummy to speak and eat in the afterlife.
"Opening of the mouth"
5
______________ is the most important deity. He is the sun god. Responsible for the sun rising and setting as he sails his boat across the sky between heaven and earth.
Re
10
_______________ is the mean and evil brother of Osiris. Also known as the god of violence and disorder