Which members held a special place of honor?
Scribes or professional writers
Name 3 members of the common people
1. Farmers 2.laborers 3.soldiers
Explain how did Osiris, god of the underworld, made a final judgment by the “weighing of the heart.”
A feather was put on one side of a scale, and the person’s heart on the other side. If the heart was as light as the feather, the soul could enter eternity.
Who recorded the pharaoh’s decrees?
The scribes
What were burial chambers filled with?
With their favorite possessions, clothes, furniture, games, and food.Even pet cats were preserved and buried with their masters.
Who's home was decorated with Alabaster lamps, golden beds and chairs, and exotic woods inlaid with ivory.
The pharaoh's
Who took care of the needs of the pharaohs?
The servants
What age was believed to be the perfect life span, but it was more an ideal than a reality.
110
True or false. Common class women wore earrings, bracelets, armbands, and necklaces of gold and precious stones.
False. Upper-class women did.
Cosmetics were made from...
minerals and plants
Why was the body made into a mummy?
To keep it from decaying. This ensured a successful journey into the afterlife. Mummification could take as long as seventy days.
Name 4 other members of the upper class
1. priests 2.nobles 3. doctors, 4. high- ranking army officers.
True or false. Every Egyptian, from pharaoh to laborer, believed in life after death
True
True or false. Upper class men and women wore wigs.
True
How could they be immortal?
Given the proper burial rites
Who was at the top of Egyptian society?
The pharaoh and his family
True or false. Lower-class people wore leather sandals, just like the upper class.
False.They went barefoot
Which god escorted each soul into the afterlife?
The jackal-headed god, Anubis.
True or false. Women sometimes wore a cone of perfumed animal fat on their heads. As the night wore on, the fat melted, drenching them with sweet-smelling oil.
True
True or false. Egyptians DID NOT believe that the dead would enjoy all their earthly comforts in the afterlife.
False. They did believe that.
Name 3 members of the middle class
1. Artisans 2. Merchants 3.Engineers
Who amused guests at the pharaohs lavish banquets?
Musicians and dancers
What did the scrolls of the Book of the Dead that were buried with the body say?
They contained special prayers and instructions for getting through the mysterious world of the dead.