AWESOME EGYPTIANS

(P.48-87)

1.  What did the Egyptians believe they needed for the afterlife?

2.  Where did the embalmers take bodies to work on them?

3.  What was finally used to soak up the body fluids (or water) in the body?

4.  If a body part broke off, what did the embalmer replace it with?

5.  On a mummy, how thick may the layers of linen be?

6.  To remove the brain, what did the embalmer place up the nostril?

7.  What did the Egyptians do with the brain after it was removed and why?

8.  What did the embalmers put in place of the stomach?

9.  For how many days was the body placed in nitron?

10.  What may embalmers  put in place of the eyes?

11.  What body organ do embalmers leave inside the mummy?

12.  When removed from the body, where are the stomach, liver, intestines and lungs put?

13.  Why must there be a ?ceremony of opening the mouth? of the mummy?

14.  What is the name of the soul that can come and go from the mummy?s tomb?

15.  What is the head and the body of a Ba?

16.  What is the name of a dangerous place the dead person must pass?

17.  In the journey of the dead, where was the greatest test of all?

18.  If the heart did not pass the test, what monster ate it?

19.  What 3 animal parts made up this monster?
 

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