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Pharoh | The Egyptian term that means "Great House" |
Memphis | The capital of Ancient Egypts Old KIngdom |
The Side | In Egyptian Art People are always seen from what angle? |
Osiris | Egyptian God of the Underworld is? |
Pyramid | Tombs for the Pharaoh |
Hieroglyphics | The writing of the Ancient Egyptians |
Papyrus | Egyptian paper made from reeds |
Delta | Triangle of land at the mouth of the Nile river |
Mummies | Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth |
Amen | Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth |
Amenhotep IV | The Egyptian Pharaoh that briefly converted the Egyptians to monotheism |
Cataracts | Rapids in the Nile River |
Khufu | Egyptain Pharaoh that built the Great Pyramid |
Re/ Amen Re | The chief Egyptian God of the sun |
Nile | The longest river in the world it flows through Egypt |
Howard Carter | Archeologist that discovered King Tuts tomb |
Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family |
Hatshepsut | The first woman Pharaoh |
Silt | Material left by receeding flood waters of the Nile River |
Inundation | Time when the Nile flooded |
Emergance | Time When the Nile flood waters receeded |
Harvest | Time when the Egyptians gathered crops |
Deserts | Egypt is bordered to the East and West by |
The Mediterranian Sea | Egypt is bordered to the North by |
Rosetta Stone | The "KEY" to hieroglyphic writing |
Oblisk | A tall column with four sides pointed up |
Ka | Egyptian life force |
God | Egyptians viewed Pharaohs as a |
Iron | Meroe was an important trade center for |
Kashta | In the 700's king from Nubia that attacked and conquered upper Egypt |
The Red Land | What did the Egyptians call the desert land? |
Black Land/Kemet | Wht did the Egyptians call the land left behind by the flooding of the Nile |
Menes | The pharaoh that united upper and lower Egypt |
Sphnix | The Egyptian statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion |
Pharaoh Khafre | Who built the Sphinx? |
Lower Egypt | The part of Egypt that includes the Delta |
The Pharoh | In Egyptian society the highest class was reserved for |
Scribes and Craft People | In Egyptian society the middle class was made up of |
Slaves | In Egyptian society the lowest class were |
Farmers | The lower class in Egyptian society were |
Polytheism | Belief in many Gods |
Ptah | The Egyptian god that created the World |
Isis | The Egyptian Goddess of Magic, water and life |
Their Body | Egyptians believed that a persons Ka remained linked to what |
The heart because they felt it was the center of being | The Egyptians removed all organs of a persons body in mummification except what? Why? |
Karnak | The greatest Egyptian temple was |
Temples | A home for the Gods built by Egyptians |
King Tut | The boy king that brought back the old gods and tomb was found intact |
The Book of the Dead | A book written by Egyptians to accompany the dead to the afterlife. It had Hymns, incantaions and prayers |