DIRECTIONS: Using the site called Pharaonic Egypt choose the topics which you think will answer the questions in your treasure chest. Write the answers in complete sentences on a piece of notebook paper and share them with your group.

1. What were mastabas? What was done to them to prevent robbers from getting into them? Why did this fail?
2. What important monuments were built during the Old Kingdom?
3. Who was the most important goddess of the Ancient Eqyptians? What areas did she control?
4. What foreigners took over Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom? How long did they rule? Who drove them out?

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