Find the answers to the following questions by clicking on the title of this page.  If you finish early, make up questions of your own for the class.  If you do not find all of the answers in class, please finish them for homework.  Please work alone.  Please record where you found your answers.

1.  What is a mummy?

2.  Other than Egypt, where else have mummies been found?

3.  Why did Egyptians mummify people?

4.  What substance was used to dry out the organs?

5.  How long did it take to embalm a body?

6.  In what object were the organs placed after removal?

7.  True or False:  The brain was considered the most important organ.

8.  How did people demonstrate their grief for the deceased?

9.  What ceremony was held to allow the mummy to see, hear, and drink in the
     spirit world?

10.  When did Egyptians stop believing that mummification was necessary?

11.  What did people of the Middle Ages do with mummies?

12.  In part, why is King Tut known to countless people the world over?

13.  What pharaoh extended his powers as far east as modern day Syria?

14.  What pharaoh was given a passport to travel?

15.  What was the most popular collection of spells, which became the standard
       for funerary literature?

16.  Your question: