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Festa, Ancient Egypt
ANCIENT EGYPT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| each year,farmers measured the hieght of the nile river flooding using a _________ | NILOMETER |
| the name of the egyptian system of writting that uses pictures is _________ | HIEROGLYPHICS |
| a famous scholar unlocked the mystery of egyptian writting by decoding the _________ | ROSETTA STONE |
| instead of pyramids, many pharaohs were buried in tombs located in the _____________ | VALLY OF THE KINGS |
| the collection of poems, spells, and incantations used by egyptians to move on to a happy afterlife is the ___________ | THE BOOK OF THE DEAD |
| this simple machine was like a lever. it was used to help the farmers irrigate their crops by raising water from the nile into their canals is called a __________ | SHADUF |
| this was the spirit of a dead egyptian that had the bodey of a bird so it could fly out of the tomb is called the ____ | BA |
| this is a giant statue of a lion with the head of king khare. it was built to guard the great pyramids in giza is caled the _____ | SPHINX |
| this was one of the most importn crops in egypt. it grew in the waters of the nile river and couldbe made into paper, sandles and other items. this is call ________ | PAPYRUS |