Vocabulary#1
Valuable crop used to make paper
papyrus
Title given to a king meaning “great house
Pharaoh
Name of the ceremony to see if they entered the afterlife
Opening of the Mouth
The top level of the pyramid
Pharaoh
Name the youngest pharaoh ever and the age he died
Tut
18
Preserved Egyptian body
mummy
To unite
unify
Covered organs and the body in this substance for 40 days
Natron or salt
The second level of the pyramid
Priests and nobles
The pharaoh divided Egypt into upper and lower and wore a red and white crown to symbolize both
Menes
A mixture of soil and small rocks
silt
A waterfall
cataract
Removed these organs from the body
BILLS - Brain, intestines, liver, lungs, stomach
The third level of the pyramid
merchants, craftsman, scribes
After her reign, everything thing about her was removed from every place.
Hatshepsut
Form of writing based on pictures(form of writing based on pictures
hieroglyphics
The way people use and manage resources
economy
Stuffed the body with ______(poor)and _____(rich)
Sawdust - poor
Cloth - rich
The fourth level of the pyramid
farmers and unskilled workers
This queen was supposedly poisoned by her brother, using a snake, so he could be pharaoh.
Cleopatra
Stone building that housed the dead
pyramid
A triangular shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers
Delta
Name all the parts of step 8
Had a funeral parade to the tomb in the pyramid. Set the coffin upright for the “Opening of the Mouth”.This allowed the mummy to eat and drink in the afterlife.Placed the canopic jars in the tomb and they sealed the tomb.
The last level of the pyramid
Slaves
This pharaoh was known as _______ the Great and built more statues and temples than any other pharaoh.
Ramses