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Jackal-headed guides, sun gods and the weighing of the heart. Can you unlock the myths of ancient Egypt?
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Questions
Which Egyptian god of mummification, who guided the dead, was shown with the head of a jackal?
Set
Horus
Anubis
Thoth
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Ra, often shown with a sun disc above his falcon head, was mainly the god of what?
The harvest
The moon
The sun
The sea
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Which goddess, protector of the home, was usually shown as a cat or a woman with a cat's head?
Bastet
Isis
Hathor
Nut
20s
Which god, often shown with the head of an ibis bird, was the god of writing and wisdom?
Ra
Anubis
Osiris
Thoth
20s
Which goddess was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus?
Isis
Sekhmet
Nephthys
Bastet
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In the myth of Osiris, who murdered him out of jealousy?
His son Horus
The sun god Ra
His brother Set
The jackal god Anubis
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Horus lost his eye fighting Set, but it was healed. What did the Eye of Horus become a symbol of?
Wealth and trade
Death and decay
War and victory
Protection and good health
30s
In the weighing of the heart, what was a dead person's heart weighed against on the scales?
A stone from the Nile
The Eye of Horus
A golden scarab
The feather of Ma'at
30s
During mummification, which organ was usually left inside the body?
The liver
The lungs
The brain
The heart
30s
Why did ancient Egyptians link the scarab beetle with the sun god Khepri?
It was only found on the banks of the Nile
It rolls dung balls, like the sun rolling across the sky
Its shiny wings gleam like gold in the sunlight
It sleeps underground through the hot daytime
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