| A | B |
|---|
| Cataract | narrowing cliffs and bolders that have fallen from jagged granite cliffs that pinch inward and turn the river into churning rapids |
| Kemet | old name for Egypt |
| Anubis | jackal; god who is chief embalmer of kings |
| Pharaoh | kings of Egypt; immortal; gods |
| Philae | temples where hieroglyfics were |
| Menes | united Upper and Lower Egypt |
| canal | from Red Sea to Nile; Middle Kingdom |
| ka | eternal spirit; second self that lives within human beings |
| Aton | sun god; only god according to Akhanaton |
| Hittites | enemy in Battle of Kadesh |
| Thebes | middle knigdom capital |
| Memphis | old kingdom capital |
| "gift of the Nile" | life based on Nile; gave all resouces |
| Osiris | king of the dead; judges dead |
| Ra | father of gods; sun god |
| Sphinx | human head of Khafre and lion body |
| Hyksos | nomads from Asia that took over Egypt in the Second Illness |
| Abu Simbel | set of 2 temples built by Ramses II |
| Isis | revered goddess of nature; responsible for bringing the dead back to life |
| hieroglyphics | lost language; sacred language after Egypts decline |
| Valley of the Kings | west to East Valley; 31 tombs of pharoahs |
| Old Kingdom | first kingdom; 3100-2180 B.C. |
| Battle of Kadesh | Egyptians vs. Hittites; turned to allies; came to standstill |
| Hatshepsut | only woman pharoah |
| Book of the Dead | collection of hymns and prayers by priests that be included in tomb to protect body on journey |
