| A | B |
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| Menes | 3100 B.C. ruler of Lower Egypt who conquered Upper Egypt and made Egypt one land. |
| Ahmose | 1550 B.C. ruler of Upper Egypt who drives out the hated Hyksos from Lower Egypt. |
| Tutankhamen | minor boy pharaoh of the New Kingdom who was probably murdered by his uncle. |
| Hatshepsut | Pharaoh of the New Kingdom who greatly expanded wealth and trade. Wore false beard and male clothing. |
| Amenhotep IV | Changed his name to Akhenaten which means "son of Aten." Believed in one supreme god - monotheist. |
| Ramses II | "The Great" conquered an empire for Egypt - 90 wives, 100 children. |
| Temple of Abu Simbel | Four colossal statues of Ramses the great - well 3 and 1/2. |
| King Tut's tomb | Fabulous wealth and treasure |
| Howard Carter | archaeologist found Tut's tomb in 1922 |
| ankh | symbol of life, kind of looks like a cross |
| Ra | Sun god lives in the "great house" |
| Osiris | God of the underworld, will return with the death of Seth. |
| Anubis | Jackal headed, god of mummification. |
| Horus | Hawk-headed sky god who will hunt down and kill Seth. |
| Khepri | Scarab headed, god of the morning sun. |
| Seth | God of disorder, who chopped up Osiris. |
| Isis | Sister and wife to Osiris. Her tears cause the Nile floods. |
| scarab | Sacred beetle that pushes the sun across the sky |
| Upper Egypt | Southern Egypt, upriver on the Nile |
| Lower Egypt | Northern Egypt, the Nile delta |
| Mesopotamia | "Land between two rivers" |
| Gilgamesh | Oldest known story about an ancient king of Uruk |
| Great Sphinx | Head of a man, body of a lion with nasty water erosion marks on it's back |
| Great Pyramid | Biggest pyramid at Giza, perfectly cut and stacked. |
| pharaoh | "Great house" Home of the sun god Ra |
| cobras | Sacred protectors of pharaohs. |
| Hammurabi | Great King of Babylon who united the Sumerians for a brief time. Famous for his just law code. |
| Valley of the Kings | Burial site of pharaohs - valley surrounded on three sides by high stone cliffs. |
| Nile | Giver of life in Egypt. Without it Egypt doesn't exist. |
| Sahara | Desert surrounding Egypt. |
| Irrigation | Digging of ditches and canals to water crops. |
| obelisks | Stone pillars celebrating pharaohs. |
| embalming | Preparing the body for the afterlife - mummification. |
| canopic jars | Storage for the heart and lungs. |
| natron salt | Bathe the body in this for 60 days. |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing. |
| scribe | They learned to read and write. |
| Rosetta Stone | The key to understanding hieroglyphics. |
| papyrus | Egyptian paper made from reeds from the banks of the Nile. |
| Orion's Belt | For the Egyptians this constellation was Osiris and they built the pyramids at Giza to imitate his belt. |
| Face on Mars | Bizarre massive face along with a giant five sided pyramid. |
| Atlantis | Legendary ancient civilization with great technology that was destroyed and sank in the ocean. |
