| A | B |
| deity | divine status, a god |
| god | refers to one believed to be greater than human |
| goddess | a female god/deity |
| polytheism | belief in many gods, more than one |
| monotheism | to believe in one god/deity |
| Ra | name for Egyptian sun-god |
| Horus | name for Egyptian god of light |
| Isis | name for female goddess represents the ideal mother and wife |
| Osisis | Egyptian god of the dead |
| Afterlife | life after death, everlasting, eternal life |
| Amen-Ra | King of the Egyptian gods |
| Anubis | Egyptian god with human head body of a jackal |
| Akhenaton | First pharaoh to establish monotheism |
| mummification | drying and embalming the corpse to prevent decay |
| Aton | Egyptian sun god |
| Book of the Dead | a collection of hymns, prayers, spells to guide the soul in the afterlife |
| MaAt | goddess of truth, righteousness, harmony, balance, order, justice reciprocity |
| Hathor | Egyptian goddess of joy, love and motherhood |