| A | B |
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| Opet Festival | ceremony honoring the pharaoh and the god Amon-Re |
| social pyramid | A pyramid outline showing the positions of social classess according to their status in a society |
| social class | A group in a society that is ranked by factors such as wealth, property, and rights |
| status | importance |
| noble | of high birth or rank |
| peasant | A person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners |
| pharaoh | Enjoyed the highest class |
| government officials | carried out the orders of the pharaohs |
| priests | In charge of the temple god and religious rituals |
| scribes | recorded information for government and religious leaders |
| artisans | craft people like carpenters, metalworkers, painters, sculptors, and stone carvers |
| rigid | class structure did not change easily |
| women in Egypt | managed the home and raised the children |
| vizier | advised the pharaoh and carried out the commands |
| neutral | not take sides - judges |
| general of the armies | advised the pharaoh in matters of war and national security |
| Egyptian clothing | linen cloth |
| "Bread and Beer" | Way of saying, "Come and eat" |
| Musicians | were usually women |
| lute | guitar like instrument |
| Priestesses | women priests |
| sancutary | holy room |
| afterlife | Life after death where the body and soul stay together |
| embalming | produces a mummy, preserved body |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin containing a mummy |
| hieroglyphs | a symbol used, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E. |
| papyrus | Egyptian paper |
| stone carvers | equipped the tombs with artworks to honor and preserve the dead |
| stone carvers rock | granite, dolerite, quartz |
| three seasons of the Nile River | flooding, planting, harvesting |
| sickles | metal blades with short wooden handles to cut grain |
| peasant's diet | onions, cucumbers, fish and bread |
