1. Web quest Ancient Egypt Matthew Strader Block 1

2. 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.

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

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

5. Tablet III Who ruled ancient Egypt from 2460-2453 BC during the Fifth Dynasty? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Go to www.guardians.netwww.guardians.net Go to Kings and Queens

6. Tablet IV What belief did the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV promote? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Go to www.guardians.netwww.guardians.net Go to Kings and Queens

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

8. Tablet VI What are the oldest collection of religious writings? _ _ _ _ _ _ Go to www.rom.on.cawww.rom.on.ca Type oldest collection of religious writings in the search box then click on religion

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

10. 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? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Go to www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk/www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk/ Go down to page select: Ramessid Period (19 th Dynasty)

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

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

13. 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. _ _ _ _ _ Meet you there!