Vocab
A geometric building that shows the power of the pharaoh. (Also used as their burial site.)
What is a pyramid?
These type of jars with animal head lids were created to house and protect organs from the deceased.
What is canopic jars?
The Great Pyramid of _________ is found on the west bank of the Nile River and is the only ancient "Wonder" left in the world.
What is Giza?
Egypt is located in this continent.
What is Africa?
An Egyptian writing material made from a plant.
What is papyrus?
Ornately decorated coffins that are found inside Egyptian tombs.
What is sarcophagus?
A very large limestone sculpture located in Giza, Egypt. It has a lion body with a human head.
What is The Great Sphinx?
This type of art was commissioned by pharaohs to demonstrate their power.
What are pyramids?
The Egyptian process of preserving the human body.
What is mummification?
An ornament that represents a dung beetle, it is placed on a mummified body for protection.
What is a scarab?
The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is an example of this kind of tall, 4-sided, pointed monument from Egypt.
What is an obelisk?
There are about this many known pyramids to have ever existed.
What is 80?
Parallel lines, rows or columns, used to organize and separate scenes in art.
What is a register?
A kind of jewelry/charm placed on mummified bodies to protect them from evil and injury.
What is amulet?
This burial tomb of this young pharaoh is one of the most famous archaeological finds.
Egyptians believed the human spirit continues after death in a form called this.
What is ka?
A religious document used to help guide spirits to the afterlife.
What is funerary text?
Obelisks represent multiple ideas. They stand for duality and balance, but they also represent this natural light.
What is a sun ray?
Abu ______ is two massive rock-cut temples built by Ramses II
What is Simbel?
The set of 4 jars that preserved the organs of the deceased were made for the intestines, lungs, liver, and this other important organ. (Brains were thrown out and the heart was kept in the body)
What is the stomach?