Egyptian Artifacts
An Egyptian ruler or King.
Pharaoh
The Kingdom in which the Pyramids at Giza were built.
The funerary text that was used to guide the dead through the Underworld.
Book of the Dead
The most important god of the Egyptians, god of the Sun.
Ra
A period of rule when a series of pharaohs all came from the same family.
Dynasty
The outer coffin made of stone that held the mummy's coffin.
Sarcophagus
The Kingdom during which the temples of Luxor and Karnak were built.
Middle Kingdom
The containers used to hold the organs of the mummified corpse.
Canopic Jars
Goddess who helped the needy, wife of Osiris, mother of Horus.
Isis
The first pharaoh to unite Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
A tomb built for the pharaohs of Egypt. It had a square base and four triangular faces.
Pyramid
The Kingdom that the Book of the Dead was mainly used in.
New Kingdom
The organ that was smashed and discarded during the mummification process, thought to be a useless part of the body.
Brain
he god who led the Underworld, murdered by his brother Seth.
Osiris
The last queen of Egypt before the Egyptian Empire fell.
Cleopatra VII
The writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians which involved pictures and symbols.
Hieroglyphics
The Kingdom in which the Sphinx was built.
Old Kingdom
hese were used to gain power over individuals the dead came across in the Underworld.
Names
God with the head of a jackal. Responsible for embalming and controlled the dead.
Anubis
The pharaoh whose tomb was discovered in 1922, died at the age of 19.
King Tut
A stone that had the same inscription in both Greek and hieroglyphics that allowed the translation of hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
The Kingdom in which a canal was dug connecting the Red Sea to the Nile River.
Middle Kingdom
The spell that the goddess Ma’at uses to judge a person’s morality. (Uses a feather)
The Weighing of the Heart
The god who protected the pharaoh’s of Egypt, son of Isis and Osiris.
Horus
The first queen to use the Book of the Dead?
Queen Mentuhotep