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MYTHOLOGY! EXAM QUESTIONS
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Horus Question 2: God of the Earth; husband of Nut; one of the first Beings of Creation.
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Geb Question 3: Wife of Akhenaten; step-mother of Tutankhamen. Known for attempts to change polytheistic religion to monotheism.
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Nefertiti
Question 4: God of chaos and deserts. Killed Osiris, his brother.
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Set or Seth
Question 5: A series of Macedonian rulers that succeeded Alexander the Great in Egypt.
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Ptolemy Question 6: Famous for escapades with Caesar and Mark Antony. Commited suicide by asp.
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Queen Cleopatra Question 7: sacred fire-bird that dies in flames and is reborn; symbol of fire and divinity
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Pheonix
Question 8: Goddess of the moon and cats; has the head of a cat as well.
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Bast
Question 9: Sacred animals in Egypt; said to be avatars of the gods.
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Cats
Question 10: Counterpart of Isis; symbolizes death transition; married to Set.
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Nephthys Question 11: creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. They enjoy riddles.
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Sphinx Question 12: God of Wisdom and learning. Often depicted with the head of an ibis.
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Thoth
Question 13: began rule at 9. Rejected religion of Akhenaten; tomb found intact in the Valley of Kings.
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King Tut (Tutankhamen) Question 14: Goddess of motherhood, crops, simplicity. Instrumental in bringing Osiris back to life. Wife and sister of Osiris; mother of Horus.
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Isis
Question 15: Goddess of fertility and cows; wife of Horus.
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Hathor Question 16: symbol representing the sun, after Isis restored Horus' eye following his fight with Set.
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Eye of Horus
Question 17: promoted the monotheistic Atenism; husband of Nefertiti.
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Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
Question 18: God of mummification and the afterlife; has the head of a jackal.
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Anubis Question 19: God of the Sun; often had the head of a falcon. Often combined with Amen, as the god Amen-Ra.
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Ra Question 20: Led campaigns against Syria, defeated Hittites, and expanded empire. Built monuments in his honor; deified as a god. Attempted to erase the Amarna Period.
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Ramses II
Question 21: Warrior goddess; protector of pharaohs. Has the head of a lioness.
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Sekhmet
Question 22: symbol meaning life and rebirth
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Ankh Question 23: Green-skinned God of the Underworld and Death, after being killed and torn into 4 pieces by Set. Husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus.
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Osiris
Question 24: of the longest-reigning pharaohs; one of even fewer women.
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Queen Hatshepsut Question 25: first engineer and architect known by name; created or improved papyrus; deified.
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Imhotep
Question 26: Pharaoh deified into the God of Medicine and Healing.
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Imhotep Question 27: Goddess of the Sky; Wife of Geb; one of the first Beings of Creation
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Nut
Question 28: Builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Khufu