| A | B |
|---|
| Vizier | Appointed by the pharaoh to supervise the business of government |
| Book of the Dead | Spells, magical texts and pictures to help pass through the dangers of the underworld |
| Tutankhamen | The tomb of this pharaoh provided a wealth of information about Egyptian culture |
| Tomb robbery | Earliest form of organized crime |
| Rosetta Stone | Enabled historians to read ancient hieroglyphics |
| Pharaoh | Ruler of Egypt, Considered a god |
| Peasant farmers | Most people in Egypt belonged to this class, Provided labor to build the pyramids |
| Osiris | God of the Nile and the afterlife |
| Nile | Life source of Egypt, Annual floods provided farmers with water needed to grow crops |
| Mummification | Process of preserving body for the afterlife |
| Khufu’s boat | Found in a pit under 41 limestone bricks each weighing 17 to 20 tons |
| Howard Carter | In 1922, ___ found the tomb of Tutankhamen nearly untouched |
| Hieroglyphics | Type of picture writing used by the Egyptians |
| Embalmer | Person responsible for preserving a dead person as perfectly as possible |
| Desert | Geographic feature which helped protect Egyptians from invasion |
| Underground | Archaeologists estimate that 70% of Egyptian remains remain ___ |
