mummification quiz world history

mumification

egyptians developed an embalming process known as

70

it took ___ days to mummify a body

salt

natron, which is a special ____ prevented the body from drying out

naked

most egyptians were buried ______ in shallow graves

mourners

professional ______ were women hired by the family to cry, wave their arms and cry uncontrollably

osiris

egyptians believed that if a persons body was preserved on earth, the soul would have eternal life in the kingdom of ______ their god

40

after _____ days the body's skin would become dry and leathery

desert

egyptians discovered that the hot dry sand of the ______ preserved the body better than the fertile earth close to the nile

internal

the _____ organs were removed to prevent decay

mask

the mummy was sometimes given a face _____ that resembled the deceased

wine

the body was bathed with ____ and other liquids

oils

after 40 days mummy's were cleaned again and rubbed with spices and ____ to soften the skin

wooden boxes

the original mummy case was a plain _____ _____ with simple decorations

body

the sarcophagus was elaborately decorated and often in the shape of a _____

importance

in egypt a persons _______ was judged by the number of mourners at the funeral

priest

when the mummy arrived at the tomb the _____ would perform "the opening of the mouth" ceremony

pyramid

It's function was to preserve the body after death.

mouth

a priest would touch a mummy's _____ to enable the deceased to control his body again

alcohol

the ______ in the wine would kill decay- causing bacteria

upper class group 1

vizier, chief army officer , priest,nobles ,scribes, pharaoh, high government officials, high priests, priests

middle class group 2

farmers, commander of the army, architects, artists, skilled craftsmen, merchants

lower class group 3

slaves, unskilled laborers, peasants, servants

1

vizier

2

farmers

2

commander of the army

1

chief army officer

1

scribes

3

unskilled laborers

2

architects

3

slaves

3

servants

2

artists

1

pharaoh

1

high government officials

3

peasants

1

high priests

1

nobles

2

skilled craftsmen

2

merchants

1

priests

1.medicine

2.to make brown paint

list 2 uses for Ground up mummies

cats

if you killed what animal you could be put to death

mummy heads

You could buy one in the 19th century and display it in your home?

so the mummies could see on the outside

why were eyes sometimes peanuts on the side of the coffin?

anubis

he was the god of mummification

a brown disc

what would you place under a mummies head to keep it warm?

Get naked, shave their eyebrows and run through the streets

when your pet cat died, what would your family do to honor its memory?

so they can see the sunrise every morning

Why were mummies buried facing east?

jakal mask

this animal was worn by anubis

the heart

Egypt Egyptians thought the intelligence was in what part of the body

they burned mummies to make fuel

in the 16th century, how did some each egyptians keep warm?

sarcophagus

fancy coffin

they took it to alexandria where they used it as a bathtub

what happened to the sarcophagus or coffin of the last egyptians pharaoh?