| A | B |
|---|
| Anubis | Ancient Egyptian god of the dead with a head of jackal |
| papyrus | reed plant used to make paper |
| Champollion | Frenchman that decoded ancient Egyptian writing |
| hieroglyphs | picture writing of the ancient Egyptians |
| rosetta | this stone turned out to be the key to understanding hieroglyphs |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| brain | the organ that was thrown away during the mummification process |
| Nile | the longest river in the world |
| canopic | jars in which a dead person's organs were stored |
| Menes | king who combined Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom |
| Ra | one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt, the sun god |
| Memphis | former capital of ancient Egypt |
| desert | most of the region of egypt is covered with this type of landform |
| 70 | It takes about this many days for the mummification process |
