Pharaohs
A Pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1876 when it was discovered.
Tutankhamun
DOUBLE DOWN - the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
Irrigation
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Pharaohs
the name of the most important source of fresh water for ancient Egyptians
Nile River
God of the Sun
Rah (Eagle head)
DOUBLE DOWN - List at least 3 objects/artefacts that a Pharaoh would wear in a ceremony event:
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
Papyrus
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Slaves
most important event to make fertile flat land along the Nile River
Flooding
God of the Afterlife
Anubis (Jackal Head)
a Greek-Egyptian Pharaoh whose body (mummy) never been found.
Cleopatra
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
Hieroglyphics
The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Farmers
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
Sandstone
God of the Dead
Osiris (Green Man)
Vizier
the animal that most people would have as pets and the reason why
Cats, protectors of the house (hunting plague animals such as mice)
DOUBLE DOWN - the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Government officials
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
South to North
DOUBLE DOWN - God of Justice
Maat (Ibis Bird)
A woman Pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
Hatshepsut
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
sailboat
the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans
DOUBLE DOWN - List at least 3 reasons why the Nile was important.
Flooding, Source of Drinking Water, Irrigation, Transportation, Fishing
Goddess of Water/Nile River
Sobek (Crocodile Head)