Ancient Egypt Webquest – Questions (B)

PART 1: Gods and Goddesses

1. For each god or goddess listed below, tell me what they were the god or goddess of. (You will see this
description in bold, after the description of their appearance.)

Anubis - Ra -

Hapy - Thoth -

Osiris - Horus -

PART 2: Mummification
2. What does dehydrated mean?

3. What does embalming mean?

4. How do they get the brain out?

5. What is an amulet?

6. What ritual is performed, that allows the deceased to eat and drink again?

7. How did you journey through the Underworld go? Should you have chosen different spells to take
with you?

PART 3: Pyramids
8. How many pyramids, that are known about today, were built in Ancient Egypt?

9. What is the name of the most well known pyramid, which was built for the pharaoh Khufu?

PART 4: Writing
10. What is the most famous of all Egyptian scripts called?

11. Name two places where writing was used.

ON TASK GRADE (in computer lab): /5