{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-egyptian-myths",
 "id": "fun-egyptian-myths",
 "title": "Egyptian Gods and Ancient Egypt",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Mythology",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Gods, symbols and wonders of ancient Egypt.",
 "tags": [
  "mythology",
  "egypt",
  "gods"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Name",
 "backLabel": "Who or what",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Ra",
   "Sun god, shown with a falcon head and a sun disk"
  ],
  [
   "Osiris",
   "God of the afterlife and rebirth"
  ],
  [
   "Isis",
   "Goddess of magic, motherhood and healing"
  ],
  [
   "Horus",
   "Falcon-headed sky god; the Eye of Horus is a symbol of protection"
  ],
  [
   "Set",
   "God of storms, deserts and chaos"
  ],
  [
   "Anubis",
   "Jackal-headed god of mummification and guide of the dead"
  ],
  [
   "Thoth",
   "Ibis-headed god of writing, wisdom and the moon"
  ],
  [
   "Bastet",
   "Cat goddess of home and protection"
  ],
  [
   "Hathor",
   "Goddess of music, joy and love, shown with cow horns"
  ],
  [
   "Sekhmet",
   "Lioness goddess of power"
  ],
  [
   "Ptah",
   "God of craftspeople and builders"
  ],
  [
   "Nut",
   "Goddess of the sky"
  ],
  [
   "Geb",
   "God of the Earth"
  ],
  [
   "Nephthys",
   "Goddess who guards the dead, sister of Isis"
  ],
  [
   "Sobek",
   "Crocodile god of the Nile"
  ],
  [
   "Khnum",
   "Ram-headed god who shapes people on a potter's wheel"
  ],
  [
   "Maat",
   "Goddess of truth and balance, shown with a feather"
  ],
  [
   "Taweret",
   "Hippo goddess who protected mothers and babies"
  ],
  [
   "Bes",
   "A funny dwarf god who guarded homes and children"
  ],
  [
   "Pharaoh",
   "The king or queen of ancient Egypt"
  ],
  [
   "Pyramid",
   "A huge stone tomb for a pharaoh"
  ],
  [
   "Great Pyramid of Giza",
   "Built for Pharaoh Khufu about 4,500 years ago"
  ],
  [
   "Sphinx",
   "A statue with a lion's body and a human head, near the Pyramids"
  ],
  [
   "Mummy",
   "A body preserved so it would last"
  ],
  [
   "Sarcophagus",
   "A stone coffin"
  ],
  [
   "Hieroglyphs",
   "Egyptian picture writing"
  ],
  [
   "Papyrus",
   "Paper made from a river plant"
  ],
  [
   "Rosetta Stone",
   "A stone that helped scholars read hieroglyphs"
  ],
  [
   "Nile River",
   "The long river that gave Egypt water and rich soil"
  ],
  [
   "Scarab",
   "A beetle symbol of rebirth and the rising sun"
  ],
  [
   "Ankh",
   "A cross with a loop that means life"
  ],
  [
   "Eye of Horus",
   "A symbol of protection and health"
  ],
  [
   "Cartouche",
   "An oval with a royal name written in hieroglyphs"
  ],
  [
   "Tutankhamun",
   "The 'boy king' whose tomb was found nearly full of treasures in 1922"
  ],
  [
   "Cleopatra VII",
   "The last active ruler of ancient Egypt"
  ],
  [
   "Ramses II",
   "A famous pharaoh who built great temples"
  ],
  [
   "Hatshepsut",
   "A woman who ruled as pharaoh"
  ],
  [
   "Valley of the Kings",
   "Where many pharaohs were buried"
  ],
  [
   "Canopic jars",
   "Jars that held preserved organs"
  ],
  [
   "Book of the Dead",
   "A collection of spells to guide a person in the afterlife"
  ]
 ]
}