A | B |
dynasty | family of rulers |
pyramid | triangular shaped tomb to house dead pharaohs |
pharaoh | ruler of Egypt |
hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian form of writing |
Menes | King that united upper and lower Egypt |
deity | higher being/god |
polytheist | belief in more than one god |
monotheist | belief in one God |
Ra | the sun god |
Horus | god of light |
Isis | goddess represented the ideal mother and wife |
Osirus | god the dead |
afterlife | life after death |
Amen Ra | King od the Egyptian gods |
Anubis | an Egyptian god with a human body and head of a jackal |
Akhenaton | first pharaoh to establish monotheism |
mummification | embalming and drying the corpse |
Aton | sun god |
Book of the Dead | a collection of prayers, spells, hyms to guide the soul in the after life |
MaAt | goddess representing 7 principles of truth, righteousness, balance, order, justice, harmony, and reciprocity |
canopic | jars that held the organs of the dead |
theocracy | a style of government where the ruler is viewed as divine, a god |