Rulers
The youngest king to rule Egypt, AKA, "The Boy King"
Tut
Many Egyptian texts have survived to this day because their climate is so...
Dry
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.
Mummies
Ancient Egyptian paper made from reeds that grew along the river
Papyrus
The stone that helped us decipher hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
This Egyptian pharaoh increased trade, supported arts, and had many impressive monuments and temples built
Hathesput
Large rapids that acted as natural barriers to protect the Egyptians
Cataracts
Ancient Egyptians believed in life after death where their souls would continue to live on, AKA, the...
Afterlife
The form of writing invented by the Ancient Egyptians
Hieroglyphics
Giant tombs the pharaohs had constructed for themselves to be buried in when they died
Pyramids
A leader who rose to power in Upper Egypt around 3100 B.C.
Menes
A king or queen of Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
The Egyptians did this process so the spirits would recognize a body in the after-life
Embalming
The order in which people were organized in society based on their social rank
Social Hierarchy
Coffins made from stone and gold into which the mummified bodies of the pharaohs were placed
Sarcophagus
His reign was one of the longest in Egypt
Ramses the Great
The river that was the life source for the Ancient Egyptians
Nile River
The belief in many gods practiced by the Ancient Egyptians
Polytheism
People trained to write using the earliest forms of writing before literacy was widespread
Scribes
A triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
Delta
The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom
Khufu
The continent in which Egypt is located
Africa
Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans
Sphinx
A series of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top
Obelisk