Call my Mummy!

A egyptian word definition game made by the Year 6 children at Ambleside Primary School

Instructions: Read the word then click on the definition you think is correct.

Hypocephalus

An egyptian name for an elephant
An egyptian game of chance
A plaster stiffened piece of linen under a mummy's head
An egyptian cushion
 

Natron

A feather from an Eagle used to decorate mummys
An egyptian drink made from honey
A sodium yellow coloured solution used in mummification
An Egyptian painting
 

Amulet

An egyptian omlette made from Ostrich eggs
An egyptian sword
An ivory handled spoon used for scooping out brains
A big piece of jewellery often wrapped up with mummy
 

Canopic Jars

Used to store food
Jars used to store guts, lungs etc. taken from a mummy
A see through jar used for water
Used for storing natural honey
 

Sarcophagus

A special breed of Egyptian camel
A picture on a tomb wall
A God's name
A case that you put a mummy in
 

Nilometer

A device used to measure the depth of the Nile
A distance measuring device on a chariot
An egyptian plague or disease
Angle measuring device used when making pyramids
 

Papyrus

A special Nile fish used for food
A type of paper that the egyptians made out of reeds
A sailing boat that sails on the Nile
A case that you put a mummy in

Shaduf

A device that lifts water out of a river
A mask you put on a mummy
A pyramid map
A camel's hoof

Osiris

God of the sun
God of rain
God of the underworld
God of all gods

Tomb

A place for storing a mummy
An egyptian park or public area
A temple to Ra
A tributary of the Nile


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