LEICESTERSHIRE YOUNG ARCHAEOLOGISTS’ CLUB
PUZZLE ANSWERS
Archaeology Scramble 1:
Scramble words:
archaeology, excavation, trowel, site, artefact, projectile point, dig, fort,
palisade, pottery
Missing word:
stratigraphy
Archaeology Scramble 2:
Message 1:
An artefact is something made or given shape by human craft, such as a tool or work
of art.
Message 2:
Archaeology is the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of
sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
Oh what a mummification mess!
Order
Organ
Jar
First
Lungs
Baboon
Second
Stomach
Jackal
Third
Liver
Human
Fourth
Intestines
Falcon
Fifth
Heart
Body
The canopic jars are decorated with the heads of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus.
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Hapi, the baboon-headed god representing the north, whose jar contained the lungs and was
protected by the goddess Nephthys
Duamutef, the jackal-headed god representing the east, whose jar contained the stomach and was
protected by the goddess Neith
Imseti, the human-headed god representing the south, whose jar contained the liver and was
protected by the goddess Isis
Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed god representing the west, whose jar contained the intestines and
was protected by the goddess Serqet.