Memorize these and recognize 48.6% of all Ancient Egypt clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the Valley of the Kings | 8 | ( Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) Around 1500 B.C., after expelling Hyksos invaders, proud Egyptian rulers began the vast tomb area... |
| 2 | Cleopatra | 6 | When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC this queen was living in one of his villas in Rome |
| 3 | Alexandria | 6 | Callimachus, a Greek scholar, compiled the bibliography for this great ancient library |
| 4 | the Sphinx | 5 | Abu al-Hawl, the Arabic name for this famous recumbent statue at Giza, means "father of terror" |
| 5 | Nefertiti | 5 | The body of this wife of Akhenaten has never been found, but her bust is in Berlin |
| 6 | Memphis | 5 | Before the one in Tennessee, there was this capital of ancient Egypt south of modern Cairo |
| 7 | the Book of the Dead | 5 | In some cases you could buy this guide for the departed "off the rack" & have a scribe fill in your name |
| 8 | King Tut | 5 | Akhenaton's son-in-law, his life was short & his tomb was long hidden |
| 9 | Tutankhamun | 4 | The Restoration Stela gives an account of this young pharaoh's efforts to stabilize the government |
| 10 | Papyrus | 4 | This plant whose stems were used to make writing material was called ptef by the ancient Egyptians |
| 11 | Thebes | 3 | The Valley of the Kings lies on the western bank of the Nile opposite this ancient capital |
| 12 | Ramses | 3 | Tut's tomb was protected from robbers by rubble from the building of the tomb of the 4th pharaoh with this name |
| 13 | Ra | 3 | The pharaohs claimed to be sons of this sun god |
| 14 | Isis | 3 | When Osiris was slain by Seth, this goddess gathered most of the pieces of his body & reformed him |
| 15 | beer | 3 | Ancient Egyptians made this potent potable by soaking bread in water & fermenting the mixture |
| 16 | The Rosetta Stone | 3 | This famous stone discovered in 1799 allowed Young & Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics |
| 17 | the Nile | 3 | The Egyptians called their country Kemet, or "black land", after the dark soil deposited by this river |
| 18 | Pyramid | 3 | Louisa May Alcott wrote one of the first tales about a mummy's curse in her story "Lost in" one of these structures |
| 19 | an asp | 3 | Shakespeare is among those who say Cleopatra killed herself with one of these, a symbol of divine royalty |
| 20 | Ramses II | 3 | ( Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Giza.) This great pharaoh left his mark on Egypt in the form of temples & colossal statues of himself, like this... |
| 21 | Cheops | 3 | ( Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a pyramid at Giza.) The King's Chamber in the tallest of the Great Pyramids still contains the sarco... |
| 22 | the Sun | 2 | The Pharaoh who took the name Akhenaton also made Aton, the god of this, into the only god |
| 23 | the heart | 2 | Believed to be the seat of feeling & intelligence, this organ was left in the body while the brain & other organs were taken out |
| 24 | sails | 2 | The Egyptians were the first known civilization to power boats using these, probably large leafy fronds on the bow |
| 25 | Pyramids | 2 | Cheops' father, Snefru, had the first true one of these structures built at Dahshur |
| 26 | Ptolemy | 2 | When Alexander died, this man, one of his generals, gained control of Egypt |
| 27 | Osiris | 2 | Paradise in the Egyptian afterlife was in this god's "field of reeds" |
| 28 | Oedipus | 2 | ( Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from in front of the Sphinx.) Created as a royal image, the Sphinx was was associated by the Greeks with a monster wh... |
| 29 | mummification | 2 | Bandaging & adding amulets were finishing touches in this preservation process |
| 30 | King Tut's tomb | 2 | Of the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum or in his tomb, where King Tut's body now rests |
| 31 | Horus | 2 | Mr. Greeley could tell you early Egyptian myths made the Pharaoh an earthly form of this Royal Falcon god |
| 32 | hieroglyphics | 2 | Hieratic is this script in cursive form |
| 33 | green | 2 | During the Old Kingdom, Egyptians would paint their eyelids this color using malachite, an oxide of copper |
| 34 | Giza | 2 | The pyramid of Menkaure was the last of the major 3 built at this site southwest of modern Cairo |
| 35 | dynasties | 2 | Perhaps the first ruling queen, Merneith was part of the first of the over 20 of these royal houses |
| 36 | (Howard) Carter | 2 | ( Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an exhibit in Cairo.) This mask is from Tut's tomb, which this British archaeologist found in 1922, saying every... |
| 37 | the Pharaoh | 2 | The ancient Egyptians called their leader "Pr-O", which turned into this in the Bible |
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