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CLA 3160
Ancient Egypt - UF
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Classics
Undergraduate 2
04/26/2009

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Term
The Blue Nile joins the White Nile in ___
Definition
Khartoum, Sudan
Term
The Blue Nile originates in ___
Definition
Ethiopia
Term
Upper Egypt is located where?
Definition
Southern Egypt
Term
THe Nile's mouth is located where?
Definition
the Delta
Term
What are cataracts? where are they located?
Definition
Rapids, Upper Egypt/Nubia
Term
the Third cataract is located where?
Definition
S of Aswan
Term
Sea to the E of Egypt?
Definition
red sea
Term
Desert/country to W of Egypt
Definition
Sahara/Libya
Term
ancient/modern country to S of Egypt
Definition
Nubia/Sudan
Term
Duration of Achet
Definition
mid July to mid November
Term
Duration of Peret
Definition
mid november to mid march
Term
Duration of Shemu
Definition
mid march to mid july
Term
Sowing season?
Definition
Shemu
Term
Ploughing season?
Definition
Peret
Term
Building season?
Definition
Achet
Term
In what season are we now according to the egyptian calender?
Definition
Shemu
Term
The flood god? What does he look like?
Definition
Hapy - pot-bellied man in Blue
Term
Capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom?
Definition
Thebes
Term
Capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom?
Definition
It-Towy
Term
N to S
Definition
Direction of Winds in Egypt
Term
Rival city of Thebes during the First Intermediate Period
Definition
Herakleopolis
Term
S to N
Definition
Flow of Nile River
Term
glyph for traveling N on river
Definition
boat w/o a sail
Term
glyph for traveling S on river
Definition
boat w/ sail
Term
Latest culture of Predynastic Egypt
Definition
Naqada 2
Term
Sneferu, Khufu, Menkaura
Definition
Dynasty 4
Term
Amenhemet I, Senwsert I, Senwsert II
Definition
Dynasty 12
Term
Large swamp to the W of Nile Valley
Definition
Fayoum
Term
egyptian for Brothers
Definition
Senw
Term
Canopic god with human head/what does he guard?
Definition
Imset/liver
Term
Canopic god who protects the lungs/has head of a ___
Definition
Hapi/baboon
Term
Canopic god with the head of a falcon/guards the____
Definition
Qebehsenuf/intestines
Term
Canopic god who guards the stomach/has a head of a jackal
Definition
Duametef
Term
the glyph for NB
Definition
basket
Term
Duraton of the wrapping process
Definition
40 days
Term
Total length of mummification process
Definition
40 days
Term
Animals used for hunting water fowl
Definition
Cats
Term
egyptian for two women
Definition
Sety
Term
capital of the Old Kingdom
Definition
Memphis
Term
Staple drink of ancient egyptians
Definition
Beer
Term
Third and final chamber in the Great Pyramid
Definition
Kings Chamber
Term
God represented at top of Peribsen's name
Definition
Seth
Term
King of Bent Pyramid
Definition
Djoser
Term
Architect of Bent pyramid
Definition
Imhotep
Term
God associated with invention of mathematics
Definition
Toth
Term
City of the Libyan kings
Definition
Bubastis (Bast)
Term
City of the Ennead
Definition
Annu (Greek: Heliopolos)
Term
City of Senwsert I
Definition
It-Towy
Term
a man tasting his hand is a__
a) determinative
b) phonetic complement
c) Unilateral
Definition
a) determinative
Term
King of Hittite wars
Definition
Rameses II
Term
Assyrian invasion occured during what time period?
Definition
3rd intermediate Period (dynasty 25)
Term
Ra at the Horizon
Definition
Ra Herakty
Term
Ra the god creator
Definition
Ra Atum
Term
Ra with a scarab for a head
Definition
Ra Kephri
Term
the scarab is a symbol for what?
Definition
transformation
Term
characteristic temple form of Old Kingdom
Definition
Sun temple
Term
the eye panal is painted on what side of a coffin
Definition
the left
Term
periben ruled during ___
Definition
Dynasty II
Term
Height of the Great Pyramid?
Definition
below 400 ft
Term
Nefertiti was the ___ of ___
Definition
wife of Akhenaten
Term
T/F the white Nile originates in Uganda
Definition
True (Lake Victoria)
Term
T/F the Great Pyramid complex includes more than one boat pit
Definition
True
Term
T/F Rock cut tombs are frequent in Upper Egypt
Definition
True
Term
T/F Djoser is a king of Dynasty III
Definition
True
Term
T/Fthe Queens chamber is a feature of the great pyramind complex
Definition
True
Term
T/F Egypt was unified in 3100 BCE
Definition
true (by Narmer)
Term
T/F The first human/animal migrations into the nile valley began in the stone age
Definition
true
Term
T/F 'Mumia' is an arabic word which means 'tar'
Definition
true
Term
T/F the stomach is removed through an incision in the deceased's left side
Definition
true
Term
T/F A moon cresent is the gliph for 'month'
Definition
True
Term
T/F Ra is worshiped at Heliopolis
Definition
True
Term
T/F the glyph for 'SN' is a down-pointing arrow
Definition
true
Term
T/F Pyramid building continues after the first intermediate period
Definition
true
Term
T/F old kingdom egyptians did NOT know the use of the wheel
Definition
true
Term
T/F embalmers dehydrated the internal organs
Definition
true
Term
T/F egyptian veggie gardens required artificial watering
Definition
true
Term
T/F egyptians also embalmed animals
Definition
true
Term
T/F sun temples include a centrally located obelisk
Definition
true
Term
T/F dynasty 19 is the dynasty of the Ramesside Family
Definition
true
Term
T/F threshing is an activity associated with the harvest
Definition
true
Term
T/F the building at the river end of a pyramids causeway is the 'Valley Temple'
Definition
true
Term
T/F the entrance to the Great Pyramid is not at ground level
Definition
True
Term
T/F 'Shaduf' is an ancient egyptian name of a watering device
Definition
False - arabic
Term
T/F Tuthmose III fought the Sea Peoples
Definition
False - Mitanni (Battle of Megiddo)
Term
T/F Rameses II married a mitanni princess
Definition
False - Tutmose III
Term
T/F Kemet is thee Egyptian word for desert
Definition
False - Deshret
Term
T/F lower egypt kings wear the white crown
Definition
false - red
Term
the capital of Uper egypt is ___
the deity is ____
the wear the _____ crown
Definition
Nekken (Hierakonopolis)
Nekhbet (falcon)
white crown
Term
the capital of Lower Egypt is ____
the deity is _____
they wear the ______ crown
Definition
Pe (Buto)
Edjo (cobra)
red crown
Term
T/F cattle were raised in the delta
Definition
True
Term
T/F The sphinx is associated with Khufu's pyramid
Definition
False
Term
T/F The great pyramid complex includes a sacred racetrack
Definition
False - Saqqara
Term
T/F Heraklepolis is egyptian for "City of the falcon"
Definition
False - Greek for 'City of Herakles"
Term
T/F grapes are cultivated in the Oasises
Definition
True
Term
T/F ABydos is located near Memphis
Definition
False - Memphis is in lower egypt, abydos is in upper egypt
Term
T/F the Early dynastic period dates to 2686-2181bce
Definition
False - 3100-2890 bce
Term
T/F Egyptian royalty practiced monogomy
Definition
False - Polygamy
Term
T/F Skorpion is a king of the third dynasty
Definition
False - Dynasty 0 (predynastic period)
Term
T/F the canopic gods are sons of Horus
Definition
True
Term
T/F Anubis is the god of mummification/is represented as a baboon(or ibis)
Definition
False - judge of the dead/False - a jackal
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