| A | B |
|---|
| Nile | Major river in Egypt |
| Silt | rich soil deposited in flood |
| 2 kingdoms | upper and lower Egypt |
| Pharaoh | means "great house", leader of Egypt |
| Highest priest | pharaoh |
| dynasty | pharaohs power passed down through family |
| Ka | inner spirit which remained alive after death |
| mummification | process of preserving the body |
| Scribe | person who recorded daily events and business events |
| role of women | to care for children, cook, clean |
| senet | popular family game |
| papyrus | Egyptian paper made from reeds along the Nile |
| Importance of the Nile | paper, highway for travel, food, silt |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing based on symbols for sounds, words or ideas |
| Rosetta stone | Stone discovered in 1799, contained both hieroglyphs and Greek |
| Osiris | Egyptian god |
| Ra | sun god |
| Reason for mummification | so ka could recognize body after death |
| Pyramid | burial place for royal family |
| Imhotep | architect, first to build a pyramid |
| Valley of the Kings | Royal burials were hid to avoid grave robbers |
