Web quest

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Web quest

• Ancient Egypt
• Matthew Strader
• Block 1

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• I am Pharaoh McArdeses II of Egypt. I am so glad
  that you are going to lead my quest today. I
  need you to travel to a city along the Nile River
  and bring back limestone to build my pyramid.
  My scribes have etched symbols on stone tablets
  and you must decipher them. Answer each of the
  following questions in order to find the letters
  that make up the name of the city.

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Tablet I

• Who discovered the almost intact tomb of
  Tutankhamun in 1922?
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• Go to www.ancient-egypt.org
• Go to Monuments and Sites of Ancient Egypt then
  to the Valley of the Kings

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Tablet II

• What is a title bestowed upon the goddess Hathor
  when she is associated with the solar god Re?
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• Go to www.ancient-egypt.org
• Go to Ancient Egypt from A to Z then click on the
  letter H and find Hathor

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Tablet III

• Who ruled ancient Egypt from 2460-2453 BC during
  the Fifth Dynasty?
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• Go to www.guardians.net
• Go to Kings and Queens

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Tablet IV

• What belief did the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV
  promote?
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• Go to www.guardians.net
• Go to Kings and Queens

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Tablet V

• Who is god of the dead and King of the
  Underworld?
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• Go to www.rom.on.ca
• Type gods and goddesses in the search box then
  click on gods and goddesses

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Tablet VI

• What are the oldest collection of religious
  writings?
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• Go to www.rom.on.ca
• Type oldest collection of religious writings in
  the search box then click on religion

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Tablet VII

• What was one of the main Theban festivals that
  Luxor Temple was host to?
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• Go to www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk/
• Go down to page select Luxor Temple

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Tablet VIII

• What group of people was causing problems for the
  Pharaoh Merenptah during his reign because there
  was an increasing amount of them entering Egypt?
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• Go to www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk/
• Go down to page select Ramessid Period (19th
  Dynasty)

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Tablet IX

• After one of the embalmers men makes a cut in
  the left side of the body, what does he remove?
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• Go to www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
• Click on Mummification then click on story then
  embalming and go to the next page

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Tablet X

• Who preserved the beliefs, history, and ideas of
  ancient Egypt in temple and tomb walls and on
  papyrus scrolls?
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• Go to www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
• Click on writing

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Tablet XI

• Now place the first letter of each of the answers
  in order to find the city along the Nile River
  with limestone deposits for my pyramid.
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• Meet you there!