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Mummies

After reading about the Mummies from the Kids Discover magazine, see how well you remember the vocabulary words. The X represents a blank spot in the sentence that you will complete with the matching word.

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flabelluma fan-shaped headpiece
mummiforma coffin
EgyptiansThey taught ancient Greeks how to make mummies
heiroglyphA picture of an idea or a symbol for a sound
mournersIn some families, families paid X to cry at funerals
representativeIn ancient Egypt, a cat was considered sacred because it was a X for the goddess Bass.
approximatelyIn the 1800s, X 300,000 cat mummies were found in an Egyptian city.
accompanySome Egyptians believed their animals could X them into the afterlife
bogsoft, mushy ground because of all the water in it
shroudan embalmed body was wrapped in a X before it was buried
reignWorkers began building a pharaoh's pyramid during his X as ruler of the empitre
naturallyDecomposers such as bacteria X cause dead bodies to decacy
chamberThe burial X is an early Egyptian
ornateAmong the things found in Tutankhamen's tomb was an X golden throne
intactSadly, archaeological finds are often broken pieces rather than X objects
deceasedAncient Egyptians began the embalming process by using oil to clean the body of the X
quiveredThe grieving father's eyes filled with tears and his lips X as he began to cry.
guaranteeEven hiding the tomb or its entrance could not X that it would not be robbed
tombsX is where mummies are found
sarcophagiexpensive, heavy stone tombs of the ancient Egyptian nobles.


Speech-Language Pathologist
Millington School
Millington, NJ

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