Geography
Egypt is located in this desert.
Sahara
The Egyptian process of preserving a dead body.
Mummification
Egyptians believed in many gods. What is the word for that?
Polytheism
This paper-like material was made out of reeds.
Papyrus
These people were at the bottom of the Egyptian social classes.
Farmers and slaves
This river flows through Egypt.
The Nile
A tomb for a pharaoh and his family.
Pyramid
Egyptians were the first people to believe in a(n)...
Afterlife
Formal Egyptian writing system.
Hieroglyphics
This determined where people's places were on the social pyramid.
Occupation
The Nile drains into this sea.
A mythological creature with the body of a lion, the head of a human, and wings.
Sphinx
This was the main reason why Egyptians mummified their dead.
This discovery in 1799 allowed historians and archaeologists to translate and understand Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The Rosetta Stone
These people were considered to be "middle class" in ancient Egypt because they owned their own businesses.
Merchants and artisans
This sea is located between Egypt and Asia (Saudi Arabia).
Red Sea
The way in which goods and services are made, sold, and used.
Economy
These Egyptian leaders were considered to be gods.
Pharaohs
Reeds were also used to make other materials, such as...
Boats, mats
What are two duties of the pharaohs?
Head of military, creates laws, collects taxes, maintains maat (cosmic balance)
This is the area of the Nile where it fans out and drains into the sea.
Creating "bowls" on land to fill up with water to water crops.
Basin irrigation
The Egyptian universe was considered to be based on this word that means cosmic balance.
Maat
The Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx are located in this Egyptian city near the capital of Cairo.
Giza
Egyptians excelled in horticulture, which means...
Growing orchards and gardens