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What is the northeastern coast of Africa
Where Egypt is located
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What is the heart
The one organ they didn't take out
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What is writing and paper
What papyrus was used for
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What is embalming
To keep the body from decaying, the Egyptians used a process called
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Who is Amon- Re the sun god
This was a very important god to the Egyptians
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What are cataracts
Groups of rocky rapids that made it impossible to travel upstream Egypt
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What is Anubis
This god weighed the heart
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What is an artisan
A skilled worker who practices a handicraft
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What is intelligence
Egyptians believed the heart was the center of this
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Who is Osiris
This was the god of the underworld
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What is silt
A fine mineral that produces fertile soil
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Because you were "closer to heaven"
This is why it was important to have a tall pyramid
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What is the scribes
Only these people kept records on papyrus sheets
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What is a delta
A triangle of marshy wetlands is called this
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What is bureaucracy
A system of ruling officials
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What is thick black mud, fish, ducks, and geese
Besides the water, these things were gifts that the Nile gave the people
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What is mumiya
The word mummy comes from this word
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What is drawings and symbols
The hieroglyphic writing system uses this instead of alphabetic letters
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What is a dynasty
A ruling family
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Who is Narmer
He was the first Pharaoh, and united the two kingdoms
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What is melting snow in eastern Africa and rain from central africa
Where the Nile's river came from
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What is be eaten by a crocodile-headed monster named Ammut, and drop down quickly and heavily
If a persons life was full of sin and they were a bad person, their heart would..
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What is each year had a different number of days
The one thing that made the lunar Egyptian calendar difficult to use
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Who is Ramses II
This Pharoah ruled 200 years after Hatshepsut
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What is 4000 miles
How many miles the Nile River traveled
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