Beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians

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1. Thoth was the Ancient Egyptian god of what? Craftsmen and trades Writing and knowledge The sun and light Chaos and destruction

2. What was the goddess Ammut known as? the soul-demolisher the soul-collector the soul-devourer the soul-protector

3. Anubis was considered the god of Embalment for what reason? He had been embalmed His jackal head associated him with the dead He personally saw to the embalmment of the deceased He helped to embalm Osiris

4. The Process of mummification coincided with the cycle of the constellation Orion. How did this relate to the process of mummification? It was considered to be good fortune Orion was considered to be a magical constellation Orion was considered to be connected with death and resurrection The mummification process was timed to last the cycle of the constellation

5. During the process of mummification, most of the organs were removed from the body. Which four organs were put into the Canopic Jars? The lungs, liver, stomach and intestines The stomach, intestines, brain and lungs The lungs, brain, kidneys and liver The heart, brain, liver and lungs

6. The bandages used to mummify the deceased were thought to associate the dead with which god? Answer: (One Word)

7. The Ancient Egyptians believed that a person’s soul was made up of several parts and that those parts would separate when a person died. The person’s ka was interpreted as what? The life force or sustenance The spirit or spirit form The individual’s manifestation The living part of the individual

8. The akh is thought of as a person’s spirit form. What was it represented as in hieroglyphs? A hawk A crane A dove An ibis

9. Before the deceased’s soul could enter the afterlife it would first have to go through the Weighing of the Heart process to judge whether the soul was worthy of passing on to the afterlife. Why did they weigh the heart? It was believed that the soul dwelled within the heart It was thought to hold magical properties Only the heart was pure enough to be weighed It was a vital body organ

10. In order to judge whether the heart was worthy of passing on to the afterlife, it would weigh against the feather of Ma’at. What would happen if the heart was heavier than the feather of Ma’at? It would pass on to the afterlife It would remain in the Hall of Two Truths until considered pure enough to pass on it would return to the body of the deceased It would be devoured and never move on to the afterlife