Egyptian History A-Z

Formed by a mixture of two previous deities, he was the chief god of Ancient Egypt

This text can often be found in tombs, detailing the journey to the afterlife

In the process of mummification, organs were placed in these types of containers

Between 3100 BCE and 332 BCE, Ancient Egypt had 31 of these

He is Egypt's current president, formerly a high-ranking military figure (Abdel el-Fattah _-_)

The Egyptian calendar had long revolved around the seasonal _____ of the Nile

Cleopatra belonged to the Ptolemy family, who originally hailed from ______

This symbol was long considered a bringer of good luck: Eye of _____

On March 15th, 1922, Egypt gained its _________ from the British

These people couldn't wait to get out of Egypt

Fairly egotistical pharaoh who declared himself to be a god and ordered the Great Pyramid

Major tourist-attracting city in southern Egypt which lended its name to a casino

Another Egyptian city who gave its name to an American location, this one in Tennessee

Long-time enemy of Ancient Egypt located in Sudan, having twice as many pyramids

This poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley describes the legacy of a forgotten pharaoh (Hint: The title is Greek for Ramsses)

Located on the top of tombs, these capstones display sacred symbols (Hint: Sounds similar to a three-dimensional shape found at Giza)

These sites were the source of stone used to construct monuments in Ancient Egypt, which were then moved using an intricate system of water, sleds, and ropes

Northern Egyptian village whose "stone" cracked hieroglyphs in 1799

Title for the rulers of the Kingdom of Egypt

This nineteen-year-old Pharaoh's tomb supposedly unleashed a curse in 1922

Between 1958 and 1961, Egypt and Syria merged to form this short-lived country: ___ Arab Republic

Here, you can find Ramsses the Great, answer T, and Seti I

Hatshepsut was the most powerful ____ to become a reigning pharaoh prior to Cleopatra

Persian Emperor who ruled Egypt after it had been conquered by his father, Darius the Great

Jewish holiday on which Egypt and Syria suprise-attacked Israel in 1973

Ancient Egypt had twelve of these astrological signs, often paired with their deities