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1.What are the names of two of the three great Egyptian pyramids at Giza?

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2. Why was the discovery of Merenptah tomb such a surprise?

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3. Why were versions of the Book of the Deadplaced in tombs?

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4. Describe some Egyptians by telling a little about them and their lifestyle.

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 http://www.website1.com/odyssey/week1/nile.html

5. List three facts about the Nile River according the Odyssey in Egypt.

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 http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/alexandria/

6. Alexandria was once a capital of Egypt. What are at least two monuments you would have
found there and give one fact about each.

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 Click on crowns below.  Next, scroll down (It is quite a way down the page.  Be sure you look for crowns.)

7. What did the different crowns of the pharoahs mean? (Hint: fact/fiction)

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8. What happened to the temple at Abu Simbel when Lake Nasser was formed?

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9. Who did the Egyptians worship?

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10. Who unlocked the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics?

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 11. What is the "mummy's curse"?

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 http://www.torstar.com/rom/egypt/sentocar.html  <--- Click for Hieroglyphics translator

12. Use heiroglyphics to spell yours and your partner's first names.

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13. What are the latest theories on the building of the sphinx? (Hint: monuments)

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14. What was so exciting about the crocodile papyri?

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15. What does the aton mean in the last part of Tutankhaton's name? What do we know him as today?

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http://www.vtusd.k12.ca.us/balboa/egyptsca.html  The above activity came from the Internet site
on the left.  A few of the questions were changed just a bit and updated as sites change.