Mummy Game

Answer the following questions from each Section:
a. "Introduction" - Ancient Egyptian history spans how many centuries? What did the people believe Pharaoh was? How did they "achieve immortality"?
- 20 centuries. They believed the Pharaoh was a god. They achieved immorality by preserving the bodies.
b. "Dead" - What was embalming? Who did the embalming? What role did linen, your body, the priest, natron salt, canopic jars, tools, and oils play in the embalming process?
- Embalming was preserving the body. The embalmers embalmed. Linen was for mummification bandages, your body was to be wrapped, the priest was the cheif embalmer, natron salt was used to dry out the body, canopic jars were to store your internal organs, tools were used to clean and remove organs from your body, and oils made your skin smooth and acted as a perfume.
c. "Organs Removed" - Which organs were removed? What did they do with them?
- The stomach, small intestine, lungs, and liver. They put them in canopic jars.
d. "Get Stuffed" - What does "Get Stuffed" refer to? What did they stuff you with?
- Whenever they stuffed linen in your body.
e. "Tomb Bound" - What did they do to get your body ready for the tomb? What was involved in bandaging the body? What might be placed in your tomb if you were rich?
- They have to dry out your body and wrap your body in linen. It took 15 days to wrap you up and you will need 20 layers of linen bandages. Amulets, Toe and finger stalls, and a portrait mask.
f. "Coffins Etc" - Tell me about Ancient Egyptian coffins. What went in the coffins with the body? What went in the tomb with the coffin?
- Ancient Egyptian coffins were made out of wood or stone and had carvings of spells to protect them. With your body: Book of the Dead. Food, clothes, furniture, pets, weapons, tools, and other everyday items.
g. "Your Funeral" - What did an Ancient Egyptian funeral look like? Tell me about the procession.
- It took 70 days, put on a boat, and then carried by a sledge to your tomb. They had mourners that wore blue dresses
h. "Eternal Rest" - Tell me about tomb raiders. What do they do and what do they want?
- Tomb raiders would steal all of the stuff in the person's tomb. They want all of the person's belongings and food.